🍇 País

País is a black-berried Vitis vinifera wine grape. In VIVC the variety is entered as Listán Prieto, with País among its 47 synonyms; others include Mission, Criolla Chica, Negra Criolla, Uva del País, Rosa del Perú and Negra Peruana. VIVC gives Spain as the country of origin, the species as Vitis vinifera subsp. sativa, hermaphrodite flowers, and the use as wine and table grape.

VIVC records no parentage for it. The variety is registered in the European Catalogue, and accessions are kept by 23 institutes in countries including Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, South Africa and the USA.

A 2007 genetic study by Milla Tapia and colleagues in the American Journal of Enology and Viticulture analysed ancient grapevine accessions from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru and the United States. Most matched two cultivars still grown in Spain, Muscat of Alexandria and Listán Prieto, which the authors call major founders of ancient American viticulture. Listán Prieto is grown across North and South America under names such as País, Criolla Chica, Negra Peruana, Misión and Mission. Most other ancient American genotypes in the study were hybrid progeny of Muscat of Alexandria, Listán Prieto, or both.