Black Malvoisie is an old California name for Cinsaut, a red grape from southern France and North Africa long used for blending, rosé, and rustic field-blend reds — the TTB's approved name today pairs the two as "Cinsaut (Black Malvoisie)." Under this historic name, CDFA reports it in only one year, 2000, but at real volume: about 484 tons crushed statewide, with prices reaching $2,100 a ton. That single substantial year, followed by disappearance from the records, suggests the same fruit continued to be reported afterward simply under the Cinsaut name rather than actually vanishing.
What kind of grape this is
- Registry name
- CINSAUT
- Species
- VITIS VINIFERA LINNÉ SUBSP. SATIVA (DE CANDOLLE) HEGI
- Berry color
- NOIR
- Country of origin
- FRANCE
- Synonyms
- 122
- Approved on a US label
- Cinsaut (Black Malvoisie)
- FPS selections
- 5
CDFA prints it as Black Malvoisie
names this grape is known by elsewhere, per VIVC
the names TTB permits on a bottle
distinct clones and selections held at UC Davis
Registries
What is published
Counts describe what this atlas holds for Black Malvoisie, 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
- 2
district-years of crush
2 of 17 crush districts, 1 crop year
- 2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1 | 0.4 | $2,100 | <0.01% |
| 2000 | 14 | 484.1 | $82 | 0.09% |