Grape Variety: Alicante Bouschet

Variety Name	Alicante Bouschet
TTB Approved Name(s)	Alicante Bouschet
Common Synonyms	Alicante Henri Bouschet
All Synonyms	Alicante Femminello, Tinta Fina, Alicant de Pays, Alicante, Alicante Bouschet, Alicante Bouschet 2, Alicante Henri Bouschet, Alicante Nero, Alicante Noir, Alicante Tinto, Alicantina, Alikant Bushe, Aragonais, Aragones, Arrenaou, Baga, Bakir Uezuemue, Blasco, Carignan Jaune, Cupper Grape, Dalmatinka, Garnacha, Garnacha Tintorera, Lhadoner, Moraton, Mouraton, Murviedro, Pe de Perdiz, Pe de Pombo, Petit Bouschet, Redondal, Rivesaltes, Rivos Altos, Roussillon, Rouvaillard, Sumo Tinto, Tinta Francesca, Tinto,Tintorera, Tinturao, Uva di Spagna
Countries of Origin	France
Species	Vitis vinifera
Breeder	Henri Bouschet
Year Released	1885
Pedigree	Petit Bouschet (Aramon noir x Teinturier) x Grenache (Garnacha)
References	Show 3 references Hide references Christensen, L et al. 2003. Wine Grape Varieties in California. University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Publication 3419. 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. Robinson, Jancis, Julia Harding, José Vouillamoz. WINE GRAPES. First U.S. edition, 2012. Harper Collins Publishers, East 53rd Street, New York, New York.
Berry Color	Black
Uses	Wine

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Alicante Bouschet Selections

Information about: Selection Numbers | Registration Status

How Selection Numbers are Created

Questions are often asked as to how Foundation Plant Services (FPS) decides which number to assign to the grape selections in the foundation vineyard and whether those numbers relate to particular clones that may be the sources of the FPS selections.

The answer for most selections in the FPS foundation vineyard is that selection numbers are assigned by the next available (unused) number in sequence for that variety. There is nothing magical about it. For example, the first Sauvignon blanc selection that came to FPS in 1958 was named Sauvignon blanc FPS 01. The next Sauvignon blanc arrival received the name Sauvignon blanc FPS 02. Gaps in the numbering system in the current list of available selections mean that the omitted number was taken out of circulation for some reason, such as death from disease.

FPS intentionally chose the word "selection" rather than "clone" when referring to the products offered in the foundation vineyard. The word "clone" can be confusing and ambiguous. The major European collections have formal evaluation protocols for grape material to qualify material for release as an official "clone". Evaluation criteria includes field performance and wine making characteristics.

FPS does not perform formal clonal evaluations on the grapevine materials accepted for the foundation vineyard. The word "selection" at FPS simply means the material was collected from a single source vine from the vineyard of origin, whether within the United States or from a foreign vineyard. Some of our numbered selections have been through trials here in California but FPS does not conduct those trials or evaluations.

Having said that, there is a subgroup of selections at FPS that are official numbered clones from the formal clonal development programs in Europe. Those official clones are imported and sold by the owners as proprietary (trademarked) clonal material in the United States. The owners are large government or nursery entities in Europe, such as the ENTAV-INRA® clonal material from the IFV program in France. In order to preserve the identity of those clones, FPS agreed to assign them the same official clone number that the program in Europe gave them when released there. Cabernet Sauvignon 685 from France received the name Cabernet Sauvignon ENTAV-INRA® 685 at FPS. The owners of those proprietary clones are the ones who vouch for or affirm the authenticity of their trademarked clones.

Lastly, there is a small subset of "clones" that came to FPS in the 1980's prior to the establishment of the trademark programs for the European clones. Those clones also came to the United States associated with clone numbers assigned when the clones were developed in Europe. Many of the French clones in that group were developed at Dijon in France and the material has been known as the "Dijon clones". Those French clones were not protected by an official trademark program at the time they came to the United States. Some of those clones are no longer used in France and some were incorporated into the ENTAV-INRA trademark program.

FPS refers to this subset of clones as "generic clonal material". FPS agreed that we would assign those non-proprietary clones a new number at FPS rather than the European clonal number. They received their FPS numbers using the "next in order" rule. We may have a note on the plant description that the selection is "reported to be a certain French clone number". FPS cannot guarantee that such a selection is the official French clone number that it was formally associated with in France.

	Alicante Bouschet 01
Registration Status	Registered Registered is the ultimate status in the California Department of Food & Agricultures Grapevine Registration & Certification Program. Registered selections have successfully completed all disease testing required by the regulations. Registered selections have also been confirmed as true to variety by experts using visual observations, DNA-based testing or both.
Source	Vineyard in San Jose, California
Treatments	None , Tissue Culture Excision
Comments	FPMS obtained grapevine material around 1960 from a California vineyard with the name “Cribari”. The source vine was listed in the FPMS indexing records as Cribari R4v1. The original material underwent disease testing and was planted in the Hopkins Foundation Vineyard in 1964 (location C1 v3-5) as Alicante Bouschet 01 (possibly 01A). A letter from A.C. Goheen to the California Department of Agriculture in February, 1966, requested addition of Alicante Bouschet 01A (Cribari) and Alicante Bouschet 02A (Skinner) to the list of registered vines in the R&C Program. In that letter, Goheen stated that they expected demand for the variety to be “rather heavy”. Letter A.C. Goheen, Plant Pathologist, to Mr. E.H. McEachern, California Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Nursery Services, 1220 N Street, Sacramento, CA, dated February 2, 1966. The selection first appeared on the published list of registered vines in 1967 as Alicante Bouschet 01 (Cribari 4v1).
	Alicante Bouschet 02
Registration Status	Registered Registered is the ultimate status in the California Department of Food & Agricultures Grapevine Registration & Certification Program. Registered selections have successfully completed all disease testing required by the regulations. Registered selections have also been confirmed as true to variety by experts using visual observations, DNA-based testing or both.
Source	Vineyard in California (Skinner)
Treatments	Heat treatment 119 days
Comments	FPS received Alicante Bouschet material from a vineyard with the name Skinner around 1960 at the same time as FPS received Petit Bouschet 01. The Alicante Bouschet selection was collected from “Skinner R5v3” and began index testing at FPMS in 1959. The original plant material underwent heat treatment therapy for 119 days at FPMS in 1961 and was eventually planted in the Hopkins Foundation Vineyard in 1964 (location C1 v6) as Alicante Bouschet 02 (perhaps 02A). A treated version of Alicante Bouschet 02 was created using microshoot tip tissue therapy and is currently planted in the Classic Foundation Vineyard as Alicante Bouschet 02.1.
	Alicante Bouschet 02.1
Registration Status	Provisional Provisional Status is an important term used in the regulations of the California Department of Food & Agriculture's Grapevine Registration & Certification Program. Grapevine selections with Provisional Status have successfully completed all required disease testing, but have not been confirmed as true to variety. Propagation material from Provisional selections qualifies for release subject to the understanding on the part of the customer that the identity has yet to be confirmed.
Protocol 2010	Qualifies for Protocol 2010.
Treatments	Tissue Culture Excision
Comments	FPS received Alicante Bouschet material from a vineyard with the name Skinner around 1960 at the same time as FPS received Petit Bouschet 01. The Alicante Bouschet selection was collected from “Skinner R5v3” and began index testing at FPMS in 1959. The original plant material underwent heat treatment therapy for 119 days at FPMS in 1961 and was eventually planted in the Hopkins Foundation Vineyard in 1964 (location C1 v6) as Alicante Bouschet 02 (perhaps 02A). A treated version of Alicante Bouschet 02 was created using microshoot tip tissue therapy and is currently planted in the Classic Foundation Vineyard as Alicante Bouschet 02.1.