Pinotage is a South African crossing of Cinsaut and Pinot Noir, bred in 1925 and rarely grown outside its home country. California's plantings are small and fading: 52 bearing acres as of 2019, the most recent year reported, up from just 5 acres in 2000, concentrated in San Joaquin County, which holds 62 percent of the statewide total. It produces a dark, sometimes smoky red. In California it remains a curiosity planting rather than a commercially significant variety.
What kind of grape this is
- Species
- VITIS VINIFERA LINNÉ SUBSP. SATIVA (DE CANDOLLE) HEGI
- Berry color
- NOIR
- Country of origin
- SOUTH AFRICA
- Synonyms
- 1
- Approved on a US label
- Pinotage
- FPS selections
- 1
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 Pinotage, 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.
- 98
county-years of acreage
9 counties
- 159
district-years of crush
10 of 17 crush districts, 26 crop years
- 159
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
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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
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