Salvador

Red wine grape · reported 2000–2019

Salvador is a Spanish-origin red grape, historically grown in California less for wine character than for its juice, which FPS records list separately from its wine use. The state's own ledger shows a clear decline and eventual exit: bearing acreage stood at 724 acres early in the record, and the last acreage figure on file is 69 acres in 2013, after which it disappears from that report; crush data continues a bit longer, through 2019, across six districts. It was used for color and juice rather than as a varietal wine, and California appears to have largely stopped planting it.

What kind of grape this is

Species: VITIS VINIFERA LINNÉ SUBSP. SATIVA (DE CANDOLLE) HEGI
Berry color: BLANC
Country of origin: SPAIN
Synonyms: 2
Approved on a US label: Salvador
FPS selections: 1

What is published

Counts describe what this atlas holds for Salvador, 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.

county-years of acreage

8 counties

district-years of crush

6 of 17 crush districts, 19 crop years

district-years of Brix

tonnage-weighted at the crusher, Crush Report Table 3

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

Reported by crush district — never by county or AVA

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