Valdiguié is a French red once planted across California under the name "Napa Gamay," a mislabeling corrected only after DNA testing showed it was unrelated to true Gamay. The atlas's own acreage series for this exact varietal name begins in 2021, reaching 220 acres by 2025 across twelve counties from Mendocino to Santa Barbara, with 211 bearing acres and one registered grower. Crush volumes have grown quickly, hitting about 1,111 tons in 2025 alone, though the CDFA crush series itself starts in 2021 too. It makes a light, fruity, low-tannin red suited to easy, chillable styles.
What kind of grape this is
- Species
- VITIS VINIFERA LINNÉ SUBSP. SATIVA (DE CANDOLLE) HEGI
- Berry color
- NOIR
- Country of origin
- FRANCE
- Synonyms
- 29
- Approved on a US label
- Valdiguié
- FPS selections
- 4
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 Valdiguie, 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.
- 57
county-years of acreage
12 counties, 211 bearing acres in 2025
- 51
district-years of crush
12 of 17 crush districts, 5 crop years
- 51
district-years of Brix
tonnage-weighted at the crusher, Crush Report Table 3
- 5
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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Growers in this atlas's roster
- Bedrock Wine Co.bottled
Winery · Heritage Wine, Nervo Ranch Heritage Wine, Papera Ranch
- Field Recordingsbottled
Winery · Shell Creek
- Joseph-Jibril Winesbottled
Winery · Carbonic (Red Wine), Valdiguié
- Ridge Vineyardsbottled
Winery · Ridge Frediani Valdiguie 2024
- Folk Machinelisted
Brand · Valdiguié
5 of this atlas’s 2772 curated producers, 4 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.
Measured chemistry, from one producer's own sheets
- 100% valdiguie
13.4 %
alcohol
3.45
pH
6.3 g/L
TA
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RS
1 wine from 1 producer, each read from that producer’s own tech sheet and linked to it. No average is shown, and none should be computed from these. Wineries that publish tech sheets are selected by their own marketing departments, so a mean across them describes publishing habits rather than a grape.