Early Burgundy
Red wine grape · reported 2000–2014
Further reading: UC Davis Foundation Plant Services
Early Burgundy is an old California name for an early-ripening red grape whose exact European identity the atlas could not confirm — no single VIVC record matches the spelling. CDFA tracked it from 2000 through 2014, across six crush districts, with volumes always modest, peaking at about 14.5 tons crushed in a single year, and reporting stopped entirely after 2014. No bearing acreage was ever separately recorded. Historically it was planted for early, high-yield jug and blending wine rather than as a named varietal bottling, and it appears to have largely disappeared from California's commercial vineyards.
What kind of grape this is
- Approved on a US label
- Early Burgundy
- FPS selections
- 1
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 Early Burgundy, 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
- 38
district-years of crush
6 of 17 crush districts, 15 crop years
- 38
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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