Beclan is a rare red grape from Savoie in the French Alps, a minor regional variety with little presence outside its home region even in France. California's CDFA crush data run only from 2008 through 2013, across two crush districts, with volumes always tiny, never exceeding about 4 tons crushed in a year. No Foundation Plant Services registry entry exists for it, meaning no certified California planting stock is currently listed, and no bearing acreage was ever separately reported. It disappears from state reports after 2013, consistent with a short-lived experimental planting.
What kind of grape this is
- Registry name
- BECLAN PETIT
- Species
- VITIS VINIFERA LINNÉ SUBSP. SATIVA (DE CANDOLLE) HEGI
- Berry color
- NOIR
- Country of origin
- FRANCE
- Synonyms
- 25
CDFA prints it as Beclan
names this grape is known by elsewhere, per VIVC
Registries
What is published
Counts describe what this atlas holds for Beclan, 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
- 4
district-years of crush
2 of 17 crush districts, 4 crop years
- 4
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
Every crush observation
Reported by crush district — never by county or AVA
| crop year | district | tons | $/ton | share of district |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 10 | 0.4 | — | <0.01% |
| 2009 | 10 | 4 | — | 0.02% |
| 2010 | 10 | 1.3 | $1,000 | <0.01% |
| 2012 | 1 | 3.1 | $2,700 | <0.01% |