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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 mainstayof Rioja, makes port-style and light rose types of wine in California andis also grown in South Africa. Its wines are rich, warm and alcoholic,sometimes too much so, and require bleeding with other varieties. The trueGrenache 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 Bouschetin California), but this too is misleading. The Alicante viz Grenache hascolorless juice, whereas the Alicante bouschet has bright red juice derivedfrom the teinturier half of its parentage. The Petit bouschet (in its trueform, and not as the synonym of the Cabernet sauvignon) is itself a crossof Teinturier du cher x Aramon.
Synonyms: Alicante, Alicante grenache, Aragon, Garnacha, Garnache,Garnacho, Granaccia, Grenache nera, Roussillon tinto, Tinto aragones Uvadispagno