Highly colored, productive wine cultivar. Origin: in Bet-Dagan, Israel, by P. Spiegel-Roy, S. Cohen, I. Baron, R. Assaf, S. Ben-A’haron, and M.J. Striem. Plant Patent 950 in Israel, 1992. Souzao × Carignan; cross made in 1972; tested as selection 401. Tree: Fruit: medium, 1.5 g; round; blue to black; seeded; ripens mid-August to early September, 2 to 3 weeks before Carignan; wines made from Argaman were judged more favorably than Carignan and are deeply colored with satisfactory to average acidity and tannins, of good body and balance. Cluster: medium (280-300 g); cylindrical; moderately compact.
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