Muscardin is one of the traditional red grapes permitted in Chateauneuf-du-Pape, a minor blending component there rather than a lead variety. In California its footprint is about as small as any grape in this atlas gets: it appears in exactly one crush district in one vintage, 2021 to 2022, and nowhere else in the record. That is a single grower's experimental planting showing up once, not a variety with any established or lasting presence in the state's wine industry.
What kind of grape this is
- Species
- VITIS VINIFERA LINNÉ SUBSP. SATIVA (DE CANDOLLE) HEGI
- Berry color
- NOIR
- Country of origin
- FRANCE
- Synonyms
- 3
names this grape is known by elsewhere, per VIVC
Registries
What is published
Counts describe what this atlas holds for Muscardin, 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
- 1
district-year of crush
1 of 17 crush districts, 1 crop year
- 1
district-year 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
Every crush observation
Reported by crush district — never by county or AVA
| crop year | district | tons | $/ton | share of district |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 8 | 0.2 | — | <0.01% |