Grenache Gris is a gray-skinned mutation of Grenache, grown in Spain and southern France (as Garnacha Roja and Grenache Gris respectively) mainly for blending into rosé and white wines. It is a recent addition to California's CDFA reports, first appearing in the crush series in 2019 and tracked since across eight districts, though no bearing acreage has yet been recorded separately. Volumes remain small, reaching about 65 tons crushed in a peak year and 78 tons in 2025, with prices as high as $3,800 a ton — consistent with a still-emerging niche planting rather than an established category.
What kind of grape this is
- Registry name
- GARNACHA ROJA
- Species
- VITIS VINIFERA LINNÉ SUBSP. SATIVA (DE CANDOLLE) HEGI
- Berry color
- GRIS
- Country of origin
- SPAIN
- Parentage
- GARNACHA TINTA MUTATION
- Synonyms
- 13
CDFA prints it as Grenache Gris
confirmed by DNA markers
names this grape is known by elsewhere, per VIVC
Registries
What is published
Counts describe what this atlas holds for Grenache Gris, 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
- 39
district-years of crush
8 of 17 crush districts, 7 crop years
- 39
district-years of Brix
tonnage-weighted at the crusher, Crush Report Table 3
- 1
producer 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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Growers in this atlas's roster
- Ruth Lewandowskibottled
Winery · Naomi
1 of this atlas’s 2772 curated producers, 1 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.