Grapes and alternate names Flashcards
Chardonnay
Beaunois; once known as Pinot-Chardonnay and often confused with Pinot Blanc
Pinot Noir
Spätburgunder (Germany), Morillon, Noirien
Tempranillo
Spain: Cencibel (Valdepeñas), Tinto Fino (Ribera del Duero), Tinto del País (Ribera del Duero), Tinta de Toro (Toro), Ull de Llebre/Ojo de Liebre (Catalonia), Jacivera (Manchuela), Tinto Madrid, Grenache de Logrono (Rioja)
Portugal: Aragonez (Alentejo), Tinto Roriz (Douro Valley), Tinto de Santiago (Península de Setúbal)
Argentina: Tempranilla
Cabernet Franc
France: Bouchet, Gros Bouchet, and Grosse-Vidure (St. Émilion and Pomerol); Carmenet (Médoc), Breton (Loire Valley), Véron, Bouchy, Noir-Dur, Méssange Rouge, Trouchet Noir
Spain: Archéria (Basque Country)
Chenin Blanc
Pineau de la Loire (in Anjou)
Ugni Blanc
Trebbiano
Colombard
crossing of gouais blanc and chenin blanc
Pinot Gris
Malvosie
Sangiovese
Italy: Morellino (Grosseto), Brunello (Montalcino), Prugnolo Gentile (Montepulciano), Sangioveto (Chianti), Sanvicetro (Chianti), Calabrese (Chianti), Montepulciano (Southern Italy), Puttanella (Calabria), Tuccanese (Puglia)
Corsica: Nielluccio (although some suggest this is an indigenous grape to Corsica, it is likely a biotype of Sangiovese)
Nebbiolo
Spanna (Piemonte), Chiavennasca (Valtellina), Picotendro /Picoutener (Valle d’Aosta, Carema), Prunet
Müller-Thurgau crossing
Riesling x Madeleine Royale
Pinotage
Pinot Noir x Cinsault
Cinsault
In southern Italy known as Ottavianello
Savagnin
Naturé (locally) as well as Traminer elsewhere
Vermentino
Pigato in Liguria. Favorita in Piemonte and Rolle in southern France
Grenache
In Spain: Garnacha Tinta, Garnatxa, Lladoner, Uva di Spagna, Tintilo de Rota, Tinto Menudo, Roussillon Tinto, Tinto Aragonés Note: Garnacha Tintorera is a synonym for Alicante Bouschet, not Grenache
In France: Bois Jaune, Carignane Rousse, Sans Pareil, Rivesaltes, Rouvaillard, Aragonais, Ranconnat,
In Italy: Cannonau (Sardinia), Tocai Rosso, Bordò, and Tai Rosso (Veneto), Vernaccia Nera (Marches (Serrapetrona DOCG) and Umbria)
Trebbiano Toscano
Ugni Blanc in France, St Emilion in US, Procanico in Umbria
Zinfandel
Croatia: Tribidrag (“Tribidrag” is the oldest known Croatian name for the variety, which appears in print as early as 1518), Crljenak Kaštelanski
Italy (Puglia): Primitivo
Montenegro: Kratosija
Trousseau
Bastardo (Dao and Douro in Portugal) Maturana Tinta (Rioja)
Trollinger
Schiva (in Italy)
Pinot Blanc
Klevner (Alsace)
Chasselas
Gutedel (Alsace) Fendant (Valais) Dorin (Vaud)
Sylvaner
Johannisberg (Switzerland)
Marsanne
Ermitage