Ciliegiolo is an Italian red grape from Tuscany, likely a cross of Muscat Rouge de Madere and Sangiovese and a relative of Sangiovese itself. In California it barely registers in the state's own numbers: CDFA crush reports carry it for eleven years between 2009 and 2020 across four districts, but it never appears in the acreage report at all, so there is no bearing-acreage figure to point to. That combination, real crush tonnage with no counted plantings, marks it as a grower's-plot variety rather than an established commercial one. Where it is made, it tends toward a light, cherry-toned red for early drinking.
What kind of grape this is
- Species
- VITIS VINIFERA LINNÉ SUBSP. SATIVA (DE CANDOLLE) HEGI
- Berry color
- NOIR
- Country of origin
- ITALY
- Synonyms
- 26
- FPS selections
- 1
names this grape is known by elsewhere, per VIVC
distinct clones and selections held at UC Davis
Registries
What is published
Counts describe what this atlas holds for Ciliegiolo, 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
- 20
district-years of crush
4 of 17 crush districts, 11 crop years
- 20
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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