🍇 Grenache Blanc
White wine grape from Spain; 25 synonyms in VIVC.
Grenache Blanc is a white wine grape from Spain. In the VIVC catalogue it is listed under the prime name Garnacha Blanca, and the name Grenache Blanc is among its synonyms.
VIVC describes it as a mutation of Garnacha Tinta.
According to VIVC, it covered 4,976 ha in France (2009), 2,100 ha in Spain (2008) and 46 ha in South Africa (2008). Samples of the variety are kept in 22 collections. The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 25 synonyms for it, among them Alicant Belyi, Alicante Blanca and Belan, 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
🍇 Grenache Blanc → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Spanish wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Southern Rhône, 📍 Roussillon, 📍 Catalonia, 📍 Terra Alta, 📍 Aragon
- Main grape in
- 📍 Terra Alta, 📜 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, 📍 Empordà
- Related to
- 🍷 Guigal Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc, 🍷 Guigal Côtes du Rhône Blanc, 🍷 Château de Nalys Blanc, 🍷 Saintes Pierres de Nalys Blanc
Frequently asked questions
Where does Grenache Blanc come from?
According to VIVC, from Spain.
What are the parents of Grenache Blanc?
VIVC describes it as a mutation of Garnacha Tinta.
Under what other names is Grenache Blanc known?
VIVC lists 25 synonyms for it, among them Alicant Belyi, Alicante Blanca and Belan, so the same grape can turn up under other names.
What to read next
- 🗺️ Spanish wine — The country's wine and winemaking: regions, grapes and appellations.
- 📜 Châteauneuf-du-Pape — French PDO for still white and red wines from Châteauneuf-du-Pape and four other communes of the Vaucluse.
- 🍷 Guigal Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc — Guigal Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc: white wine by Guigal from the southern Rhône; Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
- 📍 Southern Rhône — A broad Mediterranean zone that includes Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
- 📍 Empordà — The north-east, between the Pyrenees and the sea.
Similar
🍇 Picardan · 🍇 Bourboulenc · 🍇 Carignan Gris · 🍇 Garnacha Roja · 🍇 Escanyavella · 🍇 Vidadillo
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Garnacha Blanca
- VIVC: area statistics GARNACHA BLANCA
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)
- Wikidata