Grape Variety: Mencía

Variety Name	Mencía
All Synonyms	Cabernet, Jaen, Loureiro tinto, Médoc, Mencía pajaral, Mencía pequeña, Negra, Negro
Countries of Origin	Spain
Species	Vitis vinifera
References	Show 6 references Hide references 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. 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. Jorge Böhm, Autor-coordenador. 2007. Portugal Vitícola O GRANDE LIVRO DAS CASTAS. Chaves Ferreira Publicações, S.A. Lisboa, Portugal. 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	Wine
Comments	Mencía originated in northwest Spain and was discovered along the Camino de Santiago. Contrary to prior speculation, DNA profiling has revealed that Mencía is most likely not related to Cabernet Franc. Ibáñez et al. 2003. Genetic Study of Key Spanish Grapevine Varieties Using Microsatellite Analysis, Am.J.Enol.Vitic. 54:1. The variety is known as Jaen in Portugal. A minority opinion suggests that the variety originated in France in the Burdeos region. Spain's grape named Jaén is a different variety entirely.

Mencía Selections

Information about: Clonal Families, Selection Numbers and Registration Status

	Mencía [01]
Registration Status	Registered
Source	Clone CL-51, ITACYL, Spain
Comments	This selection was imported for the Foundation Plant Services public collection in 2006 from the Instituto Tecnológico Agrario de Castilla y León (ITACyL) in Valladolid, Spain. This selection is the CL (Castilla León)-51 clone.
	Mencía [02]
Registration Status	Registered
Source	Clone CL-94, ITACyL, Spain
Comments	This selection was imported for the Foundation Plant Services public collection in 2008 as part of an ongoing exchange program with the Instituto Tecnológico Agrario de Castilla y León (ITACyL) in Valladolid, Spain. This selection is the CL (Castilla León)-94 clone. The original material successfully completed testing for the California Grapevine Registration & Certification Program and was planted in the FPS Classic Foundation Vineyard in 2010. The original material for Mencía 02 underwent microshoot tip tissue culture therapy at FPS in 2009. The treated material qualified for planting in the Russell Ranch Foundation Vineyard in 2013 as Mencía FPS 02.1.