Colorino is a minor Tuscan red grape traditionally blended in small amounts into Chianti for its deep color, hence the name. In California it shows up only briefly and thinly: six crush vintages between 2009 and 2014 across two districts, with no acreage ever recorded. It is essentially a grower's curiosity here rather than a planted commercial variety, most likely a small block used to darken a red blend rather than bottled on its own by any producer of scale.
What kind of grape this is
- Registry name
- ABRUSCO
- Species
- VITIS VINIFERA LINNÉ SUBSP. SATIVA (DE CANDOLLE) HEGI
- Berry color
- NOIR
- Country of origin
- ITALY
- Synonyms
- 25
- Approved on a US label
- Lambrusco
- FPS selections
- 1
CDFA prints it as Colorino
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 Colorino, 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
- 8
district-years of crush
2 of 17 crush districts, 6 crop years
- 8
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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