Grand Noir de la Calmette

Grand Noir de la Calmette is a red grape variety. It is a new breed between varieties Petit Bouschet and Aramon. The crossing was made in 1855 by the French breeder Henri Bouschet de Bernard. She was widespread in France until the 1920s and had in its heyday an area under vines of 31,000 acres on. Today it is only in small amounts in the French Midi areas and Cognac ( about 460 acres ), in Portugal ( about 1050 hectares), the United States cultivated ( in the wine region Sonoma Valley AVA) and Australia. In the Spanish region of Galicia Valdeorras it is known under the name Gran Negro. However, today's main growing area is Albania. The spread worldwide is currently estimated at about 12,000 acres. The high-yielding but susceptible against powdery and downy mildew variety provides even red wines with low alcohol content and hardly any structure.

See also the article viticulture in France, viticulture in Portugal, viticulture in the United States and viticulture in Australia as well as the list of grape varieties.

Ethnicity: Petit Bouschet x Aramon

Synonyms

The grape Grand Noir de la Calmette is also under the name Baga, Galliko, Gkranoba, Gkiobrek Kara, Grand Chernyi, Grand Noir de la Calmette, Gran Negro, Granoir, Granua, Gros Producteur, Sumo Tinto, Tinta Fina, Tinta Francesa and Tinturao known.