Pinot Blanc is a white-berried mutation of Pinot Noir, grown in Alsace and northern Italy for a clean, medium-bodied white wine. California's numbers show a long decline: bearing acreage has fallen from 863 acres in 2000 to 268 acres in the latest report, spread across 15 counties. It is a minor variety in the state today, made mostly as a straightforward, unoaked or lightly oaked white rather than a widely marketed varietal, and its footprint has shrunk steadily across every stretch of the 26-year record.
What kind of grape this is
- Species
- VITIS VINIFERA LINNÉ SUBSP. SATIVA (DE CANDOLLE) HEGI
- Berry color
- BLANC
- Country of origin
- FRANCE
- Parentage
- PINOT NOIR MUTATION
- Synonyms
- 131
- Approved on a US label
- Pinot blanc
- FPS selections
- 6
as given in the literature — not DNA-confirmed
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 Pinot Blanc, 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.
- 309
county-years of acreage
15 counties, 268 bearing acres in 2025
- 224
district-years of crush
16 of 17 crush districts, 26 crop years
- 224
district-years of Brix
tonnage-weighted at the crusher, Crush Report Table 3
- 4
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
Acreage in California
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Counties and concentration
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Where it is planted
Reported by county — never by AVA
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Share of each county's vineyard
Reported by county — never by AVA
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The counties
Reported by county — never by AVA
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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
- Gloria Ferrerbottled
Winery · Carneros Pinot Blanc
- La Jotabottled
Winery · Restricted Proprietary White Wine
- Schramsbergbottled
Winery · Mirabelle Brut
- Mirabellelisted
Brand · Pinot noir, Chardonnay, Pinot gris, Pinot blanc
4 of this atlas’s 2772 curated producers, 3 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.