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Garnacha Roja

The white grape variety originates from Spain and belongs to the Garnacha group. Synonyms grouped alphabetically by country are Grey Grenache (Australia); Grenache Gris, Grenache Rouge (France); Rosco dos Pinheiro (Portugal); Garnacha Dorada, Garnacha Gris, Garnacha Rioja, Garnacha Roya, Garnacho Rojo, Garnatxa Gris, Garnatxa Roja, Teca(Spain); Piros Grenache, Szürke Grenache (Hungary). Confusingly, the synonym Garnacha Roja is also used for the Alphonse Lavallée variety. Garnacha Roja is a somatic mutation of Garnacha Tinta (theoretically also vice versa) with greyish-reddish berries, which it is very similar to in terms of resistance to disease. It is somewhat more productive than Garnacha Blanca. It produces fruity, rather low-acid white wines with cherry and raspberry flavours.

Garnacha Roja (Grenache Gris) - Weintraube und Blatt

In Spain, the variety is cultivated on 87 hectares in the regions of Castilla-La Mancha and Navarra. In France, it was still cultivated as Grenache Gris on around 10,000 hectares of vineyards at the end of the 1980s. Today, it only covers 1,253 hectares, mainly in Roussillon, and to a lesser extent in Languedoc and the southern Rhône, where it is mainly used for blending. There are further stands in Greece (114 ha), South Africa (3 ha) and Thailand (5 ha). In 2016, a total of 1,462 hectares of vines were reported with a strong downward trend (Kym Anderson statistics).

Source: Wine Grapes / J. Robinson, J. Harding, J. Vouillamoz / Penguin Books Ltd. 2012
Images: Ursula Brühl, Doris Schneider, Julius Kühn Institute (JKI)

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