Grape Variety: Tempranillo

Variety Name	Tempranillo
TTB Approved Name(s)	Tempranillo (Valdepeñas)
Common Synonyms	Tinta Roríz, Valdepeñas, Aragónez
All Synonyms	Aldepenas, Aragones, Aragónez, Aragónez de Ferra, Aragónez de Elvas, Arganda, Arinto Tinto, Cencibel, Cencibera, Chinchillana, Chinchillano, Chinchilyano, Cupani, Escobera, Garnacho Fono, Grenache de Logrono, Jacibiera, Jacivera, Juan Garcia, Negra de Mesa, Ojo de Liebre, Olho de Lebre, Sensibel, Tempranilla, Tempranillo de la Rioja, Tempranillo de Perralta, Tempranillo de Rioja, Tempranillo de Rioza, Tinta Aragóneza, Tinta Aragónes, Tinta de Santiago, Tinta de Toro, Tinta del País, Tinta do Inacio, Tinta Monteiro, Tinta Roríz, Tinta Roríz da Penajola, Tinta Santiago, Tinto Aragon, Tinto de la Rioja, Tinto de Madrid, Tinto de Rioja, Tinto de Toro, Tinto del País, Tinto Fino, Tinto Fino Ull de Llebre, Tinto Madrid, Tinto País, Tinto Ribiera, Tinto Riojano, Ull de Llebre, Valdepeñas, Valdepenhas, Verdiell, Vid de Aranda
Countries of Origin	Spain
Species	Vitis vinifera
References	Show 9 references Hide references Christensen, L et al. 2003. Wine Grape Varieties in California. University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Publication 3419. ENTAV. Catalogue of Selected Wine Grape Varieties and Clones Cultivated in France.1995. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food CTPS. France. Robinson, J. 2006. The Oxford Companion to Wine. Third edition. Oxford University Press. Vitis International Variety Catalogue (VIVC). Federal Centre for Breeding Research on Cultivated Plants (BAZ). Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof (IRZ). August, 2007. Link The former National Grape Registry (NGR) was initially compiled and annotated using the earlier version of the Vitis database. The VIVC underwent a significant update beginning in 2007. Corresponding updates to this Registry will be made as necessary. Calo, A. et al. 2001. Vitigni d’Italia. Edagricole-Edizioni Agricole della Calderini. Bologna, Italy. (In Italian) Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB). Code of Federal Regulations Title 27 Part 4.91 List of approved prime names. Link Rubio J.A. and J. Yuste. 2004. Ampelographic Differentiation of Tempranillo Clones from Different Area of Origin, According to Their Synonyms. Proc. 1st IS on Grapevine, Eds. Ó.A. de Sequeira & J.C. Sequeira. Acta Hort. 652, ISHS 2004. Borrego et al. 2000. Characterisation of the Most Important Spanish Grape Varieties Through Isozyme and Microsatellite Analysis. Proc. Int. Symp. On Molecular Markers, Eds. Doré. Dosba & Baril. ISHS Acta Horticulturae 546. Martín et al. 2006. Determination of relationships among autochthonous grapevine varieties (Vitis vinifera L.) in the Northwest of the Iberian Peninsula by using microsatellite markers. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 53: 1255-1261.
Berry Color	Black
Uses	Table,Wine
Comments	Although DNA analysis has demonstrated that Tempranillo de Rioja, Cencibel, Tinto del País, Tinto de Toro and Aragónez (Portugal) all share the same DNA profile (see references 49 and 50), clonal studies in Spain have shown some differences when the Tempranillo variety is grown in different regions (see reference 47).

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Tempranillo Selections

Information about: Clonal Families, Selection Numbers and Registration Status

	Tempranillo [02]
Registration Status	Registered
Source	AGRO 2001 Nursery, Spain
Comments	USDA-ARS plant pathologist Dr. Austin Goheen imported this Tempranillo selection around 1983 from the AGRO 2001 Nursery in the La Rioja region of Spain. Tempranillo 02 underwent microshoot tip tissue culture therapy at FPS in 2011 to qualify for the Russell Ranch Foundation Vineyard. The treated material successfully completed testing in 2013 and will be planted at Russell Ranch as Tempranillo 02.1.
	Tempranillo [03]
Registration Status	Registered
Source	Reported to be Spanish clone 43, EIA Logroño Institute, Spain, via a California vineyard (Mendocino County)
Comments	This selection came to Foundation Plant Services in 1998 from EIA Logroño Institute, Spain, via a Mendocino County, California, vineyard. The material is reported to be Spanish clone 43. After successful completion of testing for the California Grapevine Registration & Certification Program, Tempranillo 03 was planted in the FPS Classic Foundation Vineyard in 2000. At the same time as the primary material was undergoing testing, FPS created backup vines for this selection in 1998 using microshoot tip tissue culture therapy. Those backup vines were planted in the Classic Foundation Vineyard without assignment of a formal selection number. The treated backup vines successfully completed testing to qualify them for the Russell Ranch Foundation Vineyard, where the new selection was planted in 2011 as Tempranillo 03.1. Spanish clone 43 is reportedly a good clone that was propagated by a famous large-scale grower [who wishes to remain anonymous] in the south of Spain. It was part of an older generation Tempranillo that was clonally selected for health and production.
	Tempranillo [05]
Registration Status	Registered
Source	CL-242, Instituto Tecnológico Agrario de Castilla y León (ITACyl), Valladolid, Spain
Comments	This selection was one of a group of Spanish clones that came to Foundation Plant Services in 2000 from the clonal selection program at the Instituto Tecnológico Agrario de Castilla y León (ITACyL) in Spain. The source of this selection is CL-242, which stands for 'Castilla y León 242'. According to Dr. Jesús Yuste, who sent the clone to the United States, Tempranillo clone 242 is associated with the synonym Tinta del País in Spain. The synonym name evolved as the grape was grown and developed in the Ribera del Duero in the Castilla y León region of north-central Spain, around Burgos, Segovia, Soria and Valladolid. The Ribera del Duero wine region runs along the Duero river. The plant material successfully completed testing for the California Grapevine Registration & Certification Program at FPS and was planted in the FPS Classic Foundation Vineyard in 2003. At the same time as the original material was undergoing testing, FPS created backup vines for this selection in 2001 using microshoot tip tissue culture therapy. The backup vines were planted in the Classic Foundation Vineyard without assignment of a formal selection number. The backup vines successfully completed testing to qualify them for the Russell Ranch Foundation Vineyard, where the new selection was planted in 2011 as Tempranillo FPS 05.1.
	Tempranillo [06]
Registration Status	Registered
Source	Tempranillo FPS 01
Comments	Tempranillo FPS 01 came to Davis from the Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agronómicas in Madrid, Spain, in 1971. Tempranillo FPS 01 was first registered in California in 1979 but was later (1981) removed from the list for being RSP+. Tempranillo FPS 06 was produced from Tempranillo FPS 01 plant material using micro shoot tip tissue culture propagation and was first registered in California under the new number in 2006.
	Tempranillo [07]
Registration Status	Registered
Source	Italy
Comments	This selection was imported by a California winemaker from Italy in 1995 and was initially labelled 'Malvasia nera'. The original material successfully completed testing for the California Grapevine Registration & Certification Program and was planted in the FPS Classic Foundation Vineyard in 1999. In 2003, DNA analysis confirmed a prior visual analysis and opinion by Dr. Jean-Michel Boursiquot that the selection appeared to be Tempranillo. The name was changed and the selection was registered as Tempranillo FPS 07 in 2003. At the same time as the original material was undergoing testing, FPS created backup vines for this selection in 1995 using microshoot tip tissue culture therapy. Those backup vines were planted in the FPS foundation vineyard without the assignment of a formal selection number. This selection, which was one of those backup vines, successfully completed testing to qualify for the Russell Ranch Foundation Vineyard in 2014.
	Tempranillo [11]
Registration Status	Registered
Source	CL- 292, Instituto Tecnológico Agrario de Castilla y León (ITACyl), Valladolid, Spain
Comments	This selection was one of a group of Spanish clones that came to Foundation Plant Services in 2000 from the clonal selection program at the Instituto Tecnológico Agrario de Castilla y León (ITACyL) in Spain. The source of the selection is CL-292, which stands for 'Castilla y León 292', which is a Tinto de Toro Tempranillo clone. The plant material successfully completed testing for the California Grapevine Registration & Certification Program and was planted in the FPS Classic Foundation Vineyard in 2002. At the time the original material was undergoing testing, FPS created backup vines in 2001 using microshoot tip tissue culture therapy. Those backup vines were planted in the Classic Foundation Vineyard but were not assigned an official selection number. The backup material successfully completed testing to qualify it for the Russell Ranch Foundation Vineyard, where it was planted in 2012 as Tempranillo 11.1.
	Tempranillo [12]
Registration Status	Registered
Source	Ribera del Duero, Spain
Comments	California viticulturist and winemaker Markus Bokisch donated this selection to the Foundation Plant Services public collection in 2001. He reports that the selection is a Tinto Fino type Tempranillo from the Ribera del Duero region in Spain. The clone has small berries and small clusters. The original material successfully completed testing for the California Grapevine Registration & Certification Program and was planted in the FPS Classic Foundation Vineyard in 2006. At the same time that the original material was undergoing testing, FPS created backup vines for Tempranillo 12 using microshoot tip tissue culture therapy in 2001. Those backup vines were planted in the Classic Foundation Vineyard without assignment of an official selection number. The backup vines successfully completed testing to qualify the material for the Russell Ranch Foundation Vineyard, where the treated selection was planted in 2011 as Tempranillo 12.1.
	Tempranillo [13]
Registration Status	Registered
Source	Clone CL 98, ITACyL, Spain
Comments	This selection came to Foundation Plant Services in 2006 from the collection at the Instituto Tecnológico Agrario de Castilla y León (ITACyL) in Spain. The material is clone CL 98, which is a 'Tinta del País' type, and is from a vineyard in Valladolid.
	Tempranillo [14]
Registration Status	Registered
Source	CL 306, ITACyL, Spain
Comments	This selection came to Foundation Plant Services in 2066 from the Instituto Tecnológico Agrario de Castilla y León. the material is clone CL 306, a 'Tinta de Toro' type, and is from a vineyard in Valladolid.
	Tempranillo [16]
Registration Status	Registered
Source	Jorge Boehm, Viveiros Plansel, S.A., Portugal
Comments	This selection came to Foundation Plant Services in 2007 from Jorge Böhm, Viveiros Plansel S.A., in Portugal. The original material successfully completed testing to qualify for the California Registration & Certification Program in 2009 and was planted in the Classic Foundation Vineyard as Tempranillo 16. The original material underwent microshoot tip tissue culture therapy at FPS in 2007 and was installed in the Classic Foundation Vineyard as a backup vine in 2012. The back up vine successfully completed 2010 Protocol testing in 2014 and was renamed Tempranillo 16.2 after that testing.
	Tempranillo [17]
Registration Status	Registered
Source	Jorge Boehm, Viveiros Plansel, S.A., Portugal
Comments	Viticulturist Jorge Boehm donated this selection (JPB 51) to the Foundation Plant Services public collection in 2007. The orginal material qualified for planting in the FPS Classic Foundation Vineyard in 2009, despite testing positive for Rupestris stem pitting virus. Tempranillo 17 underwent microshoot tip tissue culture therapy at FPS in 2007. The treated material successfully completed testing to qualify it for the Russell Ranch Foundation Vineyard, where it was planted in 2012 as Tempranillo 17.1.
	Tempranillo [18]
Registration Status	Registered
Source	Jorge Boehm, Viveiros Plansel, S.A., Portugal
Comments	Viticulturist Jorge Boehm donated this selection (JPB 549) to the Foundation Plant Services public collection in 2007. The original plant material qualified for planting in the FPS Classic Foundation Vineyard despite testing positive for Rupestris stem pitting virus. The original plant material underwent microshoot tip tissue culture therapy at FPS in 2008. The treated material successfully completed testing to qualify for the Russell Ranch Foundation Vineyard, where it was planted in 2012 as Tempranillo 18.1.
	Tempranillo [19]
Registration Status	Registered
Source	Jorge Böhm , Viveiros Plansel S.A., Portugal
Comments	This selection was donated to the Foundation Plant Services public grapevine collection in 2007 by Jorge Böhm, Viveiros Plansel S.A., in Portugal. It is the 'Tinto del País' type Tempranillo and was imported to FPS under that name. The original material successfully completed testing to qualify for the California Grapevine Registration & Certification Program in 2009 and was planted in the Classic Foundation Vineyard under the name Tempranillo FPS 19. The original material underwent microshoot tip tissue culture therapy at FPS in 2008 and successfully completed 2010 Protocol testing in 2012. The tissue culture version of the selection was planted at both the Russell Ranch Vineyard and the Classic Foundation Vineyard in 2014 as Tempranillo 19.1.
	Tempranillo [20]
Registration Status	Registered
Source	Jorge Böhm, Viveiros Plansel S.A., Portugal
Comments	This selection was donated to the public grapevine collection at Foundation Plant Services in 2007 by Jorge Böhm, Viveiros Plansel S.A., in Portugal. The material is the Tinto de Toro type Tempranillo and was imported to FPS under that name. The original material successfully completed testing to qualify for the California Grapevine Registration & Certification Program in 2009 and was planted in the Classic Foundation Vineyard as Tempranillo FPS 20.
	Tempranillo [22]
Registration Status	Registered
Source	Jorge Boehm, Viveiros Plansel S.A., Portugal
Comments	This selection was donated to the public grapevine collection at Foundation Plant Services in 2007 from Jorge Böhm, Viveiros Plansel S.A., in Portugal. The original material successfully completed testing to qualify for the California Grapevine Registration & Certification Program in 2009. The original material underwent microshoot tip tissue culture therapy at FPS in 2008; that plant successfully completed testing and was planted in the Classic Foundation Vineyard as a back up to Tempranillo 22. The backup vine successfully completed testing for the 2010 Protocol in 2014 and was given the name Tempranillo 22.2.
	Tempranillo [23]
Registration Status	Registered
Source	Spain
Comments	This selection was imported for the Foundation Plant Services' public collection in 2008 as part of an ongoing exchange with the Instituto Tecnológico Agrario de Castilla y León (ITACyL), in Valladolid, Spain. The selection is the CL (Castilla León)-311 clone and is the Tinto de Toro type Tempranillo. Tempranillo 23 underwent microshoot tip tissue culture therapy at FPS in 2009. The treated material successfully completed testing in 2013 to qualify for the Russell Ranch Foundation Vineyard where it will be planted as Tempranillo 23.1.
	Tempranillo [26]
Registration Status	Registered
	Tempranillo [224]
Registration Status	Provisional
Source	Jorge Böhm, Viveiros Plansel, S.A., Portugal
Comments	This selection came to Foundation Plant Services in 2005 from Jorge Böhm, Viveiros Plansel S.A., in Portugal. The material was JPB clone Aragonez 224 (a synonym name for Tempranillo). The original material successfully completed testing to qualify for the California Grapevine Registration & Certification Program in 2007 and was planted in the Classic Foundation Vineyard. It was known in the early days as Aragonez FPS 01 and Aragonez PLANSEL 224 (the PLANSEL clone number). The selection underwent microshoot tip tissue culture therapy at FPS and qualified for the Russell Ranch Vineyard in 2007. The name of the selection was changed in 2016 to Tempranillo PLANSEL 224. After several years as a proprietary selection, Tempranillo 224 was released to the FPS public grapevine collection in 2019.
	Tempranillo [232]
Registration Status	Provisional
Source	Jorge Böhm , Viveiros Plansel S.A., Portugal
Comments	This selection came to Foundation Plant Services in 2005 from Jorge Böhm, Viveiros Plansel S.A., in Portugal. The material was JPB clone Aragonez 232 (a synonym name for Tempranillo). The original material successfully completed testing to qualify for the California Grapevine Registration & Certification Program in 2007 and was planted in the Classic Foundation Vineyard. It was known in the early days as Aragonez FPS 02 and Aragonez PLANSEL 232 (the PLANSEL clone number). The selection underwent microshoot tip tissue culture therapy at FPS and qualified for the Russell Ranch Vineyard in 2007. The name of the selection was changed in 2016 to Tempranillo PLANSEL 232. After several years as a proprietary selection, Tempranillo 232 was released to the FPS public grapevine collection in 2019.
	Tempranillo [770] (proprietary)
Registration Status	Registered
Source	Authorized French clone Tempranillo 770 from ENTAV-INRA
Proprietary	Proprietary- cannot be distributed without written permission from owner: ENTAV International
Comments	This selection was imported to the United States in 2000 for distribution under the ENTAV-INRA® clonal trademark program. The material is the official French clone, Tempranillo 770. According to Laurent Audeguin of ENTAV, clone 770 is the most propagated certified clone of Tempranillo in France. The original material underwent microshoot tip tissue culture therapy in 2010 in order to qualify for the Russell Ranch Foundation Vineyard, where it was planted in 2012 as Tempranillo ENTAV-INRA® 770.1. The clone is distributed by ENTAV-INRA licensees in the U.S.
	Tempranillo [776] (proprietary)
Registration Status	Registered
Source	Tempranillo ENTAV-INRA ® 776
Proprietary	Proprietary- cannot be distributed without written permission from owner: ENTAV International
Comments	This selection was imported to the United States in 1997 from France by ENTAV-INRA, which manages the trademarked French clonal material. The selection is official French clone 776. The clone originated from the Rioja region in Spain and was previously known in France as ENTAV 60. It was certified in 1982. Tempranillo ENTAV-INRA® 776 qualified for the FPS Classic Foundation Vineyard in 2005. The selection underwent microshoot tip tissue culture therapy at FPS in 2016 and qualified for the Russell Ranch Foundation Vineyard in 2018 as Tempranillo ENTAV-INRA® 776.1.