Carignane is a high-yielding red grape whose registry identity maps to more than one cataloged variety internationally, historically planted across the Central Valley as a high-yielding blending grape. California's numbers show a long decline from that era: bearing acreage has fallen from 7,147 acres in 2000 to 1,785 acres in the latest report, though it still appears in 28 counties with four grower tech sheets on file, hinting at continued interest in its old-vine plantings. Today it is grown mainly as old-vine material for structured red blends rather than as a high-volume bulk grape.
What kind of grape this is
- Approved on a US label
- Carignane (Carignan)
- FPS selections
- 5
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 Carignane, 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.
- 557
county-years of acreage
28 counties, 1,785 bearing acres in 2025
- 361
district-years of crush
17 of 17 crush districts, 26 crop years
- 361
district-years of Brix
tonnage-weighted at the crusher, Crush Report Table 3
- 6
producers in this atlas
producers whose curated wine list names it — a curated roster of 2,772 producers, not a census of California
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regions with a maturity date
not one of the eight cultivars with a
Acreage in California
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Counties and concentration
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Where it is planted
Reported by county — never by AVA
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Share of each county's vineyard
Reported by county — never by AVA
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The counties
Reported by county — never by AVA
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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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Growers in this atlas's roster
- Bedrock Wine Co.bottled
Winery · Evangelho Vineyard, Papera Ranch
- Frog's Leapbottled
Winery · Zinfandel
- Klinker Brick Winerybottled
Winery · Bricks & Roses Rosé, Carignane
- Ridge Vineyardsbottled
Winery · Ridge Belloni Zinfandel 2024, Ridge Geyserville Vineyard 2024, Ridge Lytton Estate Rose 2025 and 1 more
- Foppiano Vineyardslisted
Brand · Carignane
- Vintner's Select Clublisted
Brand · Zinfandel, Petite Sirah, Alicante Bouschet, Carignane
6 of this atlas’s 2772 curated producers, 4 of them with a named wine in the atlas made from it. A roster is not a census — this is who the atlas has entered, not who grows the grape in California.
Measured chemistry, from one producer's own sheets
Ridge Geyserville Vineyard 2024
19% carignane14.6 %
alcohol
3.68
pH
5.2 g/L
TA
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RS
- 11% carignane
14.9 %
alcohol
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pH
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TA
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RS
Ridge Lytton Springs 2024
6% carignane14.5 %
alcohol
3.78
pH
6.66 g/L
TA
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RS
- 2% carignane
13 %
alcohol
3.26
pH
7.38 g/L
TA
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RS
4 wines from 1 producer, each read from that producer’s own tech sheet and linked to it. No average is shown, and none should be computed from these. Wineries that publish tech sheets are selected by their own marketing departments, so a mean across them describes publishing habits rather than a grape.