Variety Name |
Graciano |
TTB Approved Name(s) |
Graciano |
Common Synonyms |
Morrastel, Tinta Miuda |
All Synonyms |
Bastardo Nero, Bois Dur, Bordelais, Cagliunari, Cagnonale, Cagnovali Nero, Cagnulari, Cagnulari Bastardo, Cagnulari Sardo, Cagnulatu, Caldareddu, Caldarello, Cargo Muol, Courouillade, Couthurier, Drug, Graciana, Graciano Tinto, Grosse Negrette, Jerusano, Karis, Matarou, Minostello, Minustello, Monastel, Monestaou, Morastel, Morestel, Morrastel, Mourastel, Perpignan, Perpignanou Bois Dur, Plant de Ledenon, Tinta de Rotilla, Tinta de Rota, Tinta do Padre Antonio, Tinta Miuda, Tintilla, Uva Cagnelata, Xeres, Zinzillosa |
Countries of Origin |
Spain |
Species |
Vitis vinifera
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References |
- Robinson, J. 2006. The Oxford Companion to Wine. Third edition. Oxford University Press.
- USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network – (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
Link
- 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.
- Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB). Code of Federal Regulations Title 27 Part 4.91 List of approved prime names. Link
- Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca, y Alimentacion. Undated. Variedades de vid, Registro de variedades comerciales. Secretaria General Tecnica, Centro de Publicaciones, Paseo de la Infanta Isabel, Madrid, Spain.
- Alburquerque et al. 2006. Descripción y caracterización agronómica de 28 variedades tintas de vid en Castilla y León. Junta de Castilla y León, Instituto Tecnológico Agrario, Valladolid, España.
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Berry Color |
Black |
Uses |
Wine |
Comments |
This variety is grown in Spain in the Rioja region, in Navarra and in Castilla de la Mancha. Graciano is known as Morrastel in France, Tinta Miuda in Portugal, and Xeres in California. Morrastel is also the Spanish synonym used for a completely distinct grape, Mourvèdre (Monastrell). |
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.
Registration Status Definitions
Provisional Status
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.
Registered Status
Registered is the ultimate status in the California Department of Food & Agriculture's 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.
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Graciano 01
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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.
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Source |
California vineyard, reported to be Spanish clone 103 |
Treatments |
None, RSP+
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Comments |
This selection came to Foundation Plant Services in 1998 from a California vineyard in Mendocino County. It is reported to be Spanish clone 103 from the EIA Logroño Institute in Rioja, Spain. After successful completion of testing for the California Grapevine Registration & Certification Program, Graciano 01 was planted in the FPS Classic Foundation Vineyard in 2002. |
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Graciano 07
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More information regarding selection available soon. |
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Graciano 08
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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.
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Source |
Jorge Böhm, Viveiros Plansel, S.A., Portugal |
Treatments |
None
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Comments |
This selection came to FPS in 2004 from Jorge Böhm, Viveiros Plansel, S.A., Portugal, with the name Monastrell. After completion of disease testing at FPS in 2007, the selection was released as Monastrell FPS 01. The name was changed to Monastrell PLANSEL® 571 in March, 2008, to reflect the PLANSEL clone number and the fact that the selection was proprietary to PLANSEL licensees. The name of the selection was changed to Graciano FPS 08 in July, 2018, after DNA testing at FPS. Graciano 08 was released to the FPS public grapevine collection in 2019. |
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Graciano 103
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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.
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Source |
Spain; donated by Jorge Böhm, Viveiros Plansel S.A., Portugal |
Treatments |
None , Tissue Culture Excision
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Comments |
This selection came to Foundation Plant Services in 2005 from Jorge Böhm, Viveiros Plansel S.A., in Portugal. The material is JPB clone 103 which originated from an anonymous nursery in Spain. The original material successfully completed testing in 2010 and qualified for the Classic Foundation Vineyard. Graciano 103 has been donated to the FPS public grapevine foundation collection. |
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Graciano 572
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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.
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Source |
Jorge Böhm, Viveiros Plansel, S.A., Portugal in 2004 |
Treatments |
None , Tissue Culture Excision
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Comments |
This selection came to Foundation Plant Services in 2004 from Jorge Böhm, Viveiros Plansel S.A., Portugal. The material is JPB clone 572. The original material successfully completed testing and qualified for the Classic Foundation Vineyard in 2007, where it was planted as Graciano 02. The name was changed in 2008 to Graciano PLANSEL 572 to reflect the Plansel clone number. After several years as a proprietary selection, Graciano 572 was released to the FPS public grapevine collection in 2019. |
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Graciano 573
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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.
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Source |
Jorge Böhm, Viveiros Plansel S.A., Portugal |
Treatments |
None
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Comments |
This selection came to Foundation Plant Services in 2007 from Jorge Böhm, Viveiros Plansel S.A., Portugal. The material was JPB clone 573. The original material successfully completed testing for the Classic Foundation and was planted there in 2009 as Graciano 573. The selection was once known at FPS as Graciano 03. Graciano 573 was released to the FPS public grapevine collection in 2019. |
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Graciano 592
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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.
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Source |
Jorge Böhm, Viveiros Plansel S.A., Portugal |
Treatments |
None
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Comments |
This selection came to Foundation Plant Services in 2007 from Jorge Böhm, Viveiros Plansel S.A., Portugal. The original material successfully completed testing for the California R & C Program and was planted in the Classic Foundation Vineyard in 2009. The selection was originally known at FPS as Graciano FPS 04 but the name was ultimately changed to Graciano PLANSEL 592 to reflect the Plansel clone number. After several years as a proprietary selection, Graciano 592 was released to the FPS public grapevine collection in 2019. |