🍇 Garanoir
Dark-skinned wine grape from Switzerland; parents Gamay Noir × Reichensteiner; 4 synonyms in VIVC.
Garanoir is a dark-skinned wine grape from Switzerland.
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, its parents are Gamay Noir and Reichensteiner. The breeder had given the pedigree as Gamay Noir × Reichensteiner. VIVC names Andre Jaquinet as the breeder; the cross was made in 1970.
Italy's National Register of Grapevine Varieties lists it under code 352, admitted on 11 October 1999.
According to VIVC, it covered 203 ha in Switzerland (2009). Samples of the variety are kept in 5 collections. The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 4 synonyms for it, among them Gastar and Granoir, so the same grape can turn up under other names. If a grape is named on the label of an EU wine, it makes up at least 85% of that wine.
How it connects to Wine
🍇 Garanoir → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Swiss wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Valais, 📍 Vaud
- Parents
- 🍇 Reichensteiner, 🍇 Gamay
Frequently asked questions
Where does Garanoir come from?
According to VIVC, from Switzerland. VIVC names Andre Jaquinet as the breeder; the cross was made in 1970.
What are the parents of Garanoir?
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, its parents are Gamay Noir and Reichensteiner. The breeder had given the pedigree as Gamay Noir × Reichensteiner.
Under what other names is Garanoir known?
VIVC lists 4 synonyms for it, among them Gastar and Granoir, so the same grape can turn up under other names.
What to read next
- 🗺️ Swiss wine — The wine of Switzerland: 14,431 ha of vineyards (2025), 55% red grapes; the leaders are Pinot noir and Chasselas.
- 🍇 Gamay — A red wine grape used to make Beaujolais.
- 📍 Valais — Switzerland's largest wine canton, on the upper Rhône: 4,578 ha, almost a third of the country's vineyards (2025).
- 📍 Vaud — The second-largest wine canton, by Lake Geneva, the realm of Chasselas.
Similar
🍇 Gamaret · 🍇 Himbertscha · 🍇 Durize · 🍇 Rèze · 🍇 Doral · 🍇 Goron de Bovernier
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Garanoir
- VIVC: area statistics GARANOIR
- Registro Nazionale delle Varietà di Vite (MASAF/CREA): Garanoir N., codice 352
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)
- Wikidata