Grenache is a Spanish variety. California's bearing acreage has fallen by more than half since 2000, from 10,843 to 4,109 acres in 2025, planted across 41 counties. Madera, San Luis Obispo, and Fresno lead, together holding over half the statewide total, reflecting a split between warm Central Valley plantings and Rhone-style coastal use. It is a vigorous, sugar-rich grape that ripens to high alcohol, used both for everyday blends and, from older vines, for Rhone-style reds and rose.
What kind of grape this is
- Registry name
- GARNACHA TINTA
- Species
- VITIS VINIFERA LINNÉ SUBSP. SATIVA (DE CANDOLLE) HEGI
- Berry color
- NOIR
- Country of origin
- SPAIN
- Synonyms
- 154
- Approved on a US label
- Grenache noir (Garnacha, Grenache)
- FPS selections
- 18
CDFA prints it as Grenache
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 Grenache, 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.
- 906
county-years of acreage
41 counties, 4,109 bearing acres in 2025
- 440
district-years of crush
17 of 17 crush districts, 26 crop years
- 440
district-years of Brix
tonnage-weighted at the crusher, Crush Report Table 3
- 35
producers in this atlas
producers whose curated wine list names it — a curated roster of 2,772 producers, not a census of California
- 213
regions with a maturity date
modeled, 46 years
Acreage in California
loading acreage…
Counties and concentration
loading concentration…
Where it is planted
Reported by county — never by AVA
loading plantings…
Share of each county's vineyard
Reported by county — never by AVA
loading county shares…
The counties
Reported by county — never by AVA
loading counties…
Tonnage and price by district
Reported by crush district — never by county or AVA
All 17 districts on one axis →
loading crush report…
Brix at the crusher
Reported by crush district — never by county or AVA
loading must chemistry…
Modeled ripening date, year by year
loading maturity model…
Growers in this atlas's roster
- Alban Vineyardsbottled
Winery · Grenache, Pandora, The Mason
- Alexander Valley Vineyardsbottled
Winery · Alexander School Reserve Alluvia, Homestead Red Blend
- Andrew Murray Vineyardsbottled
Winery · Grenache
- Bedrock Wine Co.bottled
Winery · Beeson Ranch Heritage Wine, Heritage Wine, Nervo Ranch Heritage Wine and 1 more
- Bernardo Winerybottled
Winery · Grenache
- Bonita Bonitabottled
Winery · Rosé of Grenache
- Booker Vineyardbottled
Winery · Fracture
- Brick Barn Wine Estatebottled
Winery · Grenache
- Cakebread Cellarsbottled
Winery · Grenache
- Clif Family Winerybottled
Winery · Rosé of Grenache
- Field Recordingsbottled
Winery · Koligian, Old Potrero
- Hamel Family Winesbottled
Winery · Estate Grenache
and 23 more in the roster.
35 of this atlas’s 2772 curated producers, 25 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
- 40% grenache
13.2 %
alcohol
3.46
pH
6.9 g/L
TA
—
RS
- 40% grenache
13 %
alcohol
3.26
pH
7.38 g/L
TA
—
RS
Ridge Lytton Springs 2024
1% grenache14.5 %
alcohol
3.78
pH
6.66 g/L
TA
—
RS
3 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.