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A variety grown in southern France where it is responsible, in part,
for the wines of Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Tavel and many others. It is the mainstay
of Rioja, makes port-style and light rose types of wine in California and
is also grown in South Africa. Its wines are rich, warm and alcoholic,
sometimes too much so, and require bleeding with other varieties. The true
Grenache has nothing to do with the Grenache de logrona of Spain that is,
in fact, the Tempranillo or Tinto de nola. Some sources give the Alicante
(a synonym of the Grenache) as being the Alicante bouschet (or plain Bouschet
in California), but this too is misleading. The Alicante viz Grenache has
colorless juice, whereas the Alicante bouschet has bright red juice derived
from the teinturier half of its parentage. The Petit bouschet (in its true
form, and not as the synonym of the Cabernet sauvignon) is itself a cross
of Teinturier du cher x Aramon.
Synonyms: Alicante, Alicante grenache, Aragon, Garnacha, Garnache,
Garnacho, Granaccia, Grenache nera, Roussillon tinto, Tinto aragones Uvadispagno