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California Wine Atlas

Arinarnoa

Red wine grape · reported 2006–2025

Further reading: VIVC catalog entry

Arinarnoa is a French cross of Tannat and Cabernet Sauvignon, developed to combine Tannat's structure with Cabernet's more familiar profile for Bordeaux-adjacent plantings. California's CDFA crush data span 2006 through 2025 across four districts, with an outlier year of about 3,298 tons crushed statewide, far above its typical volume, before falling to near nothing in recent years. Prices have stayed low, topping out at $500 a ton. No bearing acreage has been separately reported, so the variety's California footprint reads mostly through this volatile crush history rather than any steady planted base.

What kind of grape this is

Species
VITIS VINIFERA LINNÉ SUBSP. SATIVA (DE CANDOLLE) HEGI
Berry color
NOIR
Country of origin
FRANCE
Parentage
TANNAT×CABERNET SAUVIGNON

confirmed by DNA markers

FPS selections
1

distinct clones and selections held at UC Davis

What is published

Counts describe what this atlas holds for Arinarnoa, not what California grows. A zero is a published answer: it means the source names the grape and reports nothing under it, or does not name it at all.

0

county-years of acreage

the Grape Acreage Report has never named it in a county table

41

district-years of crush

4 of 17 crush districts, 20 crop years

41

district-years of Brix

tonnage-weighted at the crusher, Crush Report Table 3

0

producers in this atlas

producers whose curated wine list names it — a curated roster of 2,772 producers, not a census of California

regions with a maturity date

not one of the eight cultivars with a

Tonnage and price by district

Reported by crush district — never by county or AVA

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Brix at the crusher

Reported by crush district — never by county or AVA

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