The first historical references on this cultivar in Italy dates back to the late 1800s, where a Bequet (from "beak") is mentioned in the vineyards of the Susa Valley, while the synonym “Berla 'd crava cita” (small goat dropping) is mentioned in the vineyards of High Pinerolese (Pomaretto and Perosa Agentina) (Commissione Ampelografica della Provincia di Torino, 1877). The curious names Becuét and “Berla 'd crava cita” both refer to the distinctly ovoid shape of the small dark berries.
The first, albeit brief, description realised for the ampelographic exhibition of Pinerolo (Provana di Collegno, 1883) allows us to confirm the current Becuét being identical to the one described in the past, indicating the synonymy with Persan (or Becuette) of the transalpine French region, also noticed by Rovasenda (1877) and confirmed by recent comparative studies with genetic markers (Schneider et al., 2001).