Negroamaro is an Italian variety from Puglia; VIVC records one parent as unidentified and the other as Maiolica. It has almost no acreage footprint in California: no county has ever reported bearing acres to CDFA, even though the variety has shown up in district crush records for 25 of the atlas's 26 tracked crop years. It is a deeply colored, tannic red grape. In California it remains a marginal planting that has essentially escaped formal acreage tracking.
What kind of grape this is
- Registry name
- NEGRO AMARO
- Species
- VITIS VINIFERA LINNÉ SUBSP. SATIVA (DE CANDOLLE) HEGI
- Berry color
- NOIR
- Country of origin
- ITALY
- Parentage
- unknown×MAIOLICA
- Synonyms
- 31
- Approved on a US label
- Negro Amaro
- FPS selections
- 1
CDFA prints it as Negroamaro
confirmed by DNA markers
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 Negroamaro, 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
- 135
district-years of crush
12 of 17 crush districts, 25 crop years
- 135
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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