Juan García is a rare Spanish red grape variety. The Juan García grape variety is found mainly within the province of
Zamora and
Salamanca, mainly concentrated to the vineyard terraces planted and harvested through the centuries in the terroirs of the small ancient villages once remotely built and enclaved alongside the border of the gargantuan green gorge of the ARRIBES del Duero river canyon. It is also an authorized grape variety in the
Denominación de Origen of
Arribes and the
Ribeira Sacra
Ribeira Sacra is a Spanish Denominación de Origen, Denominación de Origen Protegida (DOP) (''Denominación de Orixe Protexida'' in Galician language, Galician) for wines located in the south of the province of Province of Lugo, Lugo and in the ...
.
Juan García is considered a pre-
phylloxera
Grape phylloxera is an insect pest of commercial grapevines worldwide, originally native to eastern North America. Grape phylloxera (''Daktulosphaira vitifoliae'' (Fitch 1855) belong to the family Phylloxeridae, within the order Hemiptera, bugs ...
variety autochthonous of the villages that are located bordering the Arribes del Duero river canyon´s passage in north-western Spain. The location is designated as a Natural Park. The Juan García grape variety has medium sized, elliptical berries with dark blue-black skins that grow in compact bunches on short
pedicels
In botany, a pedicel is a stem that attaches a single flower to the inflorescence. Such inflorescences are described as ''pedicellate''.
Description
Pedicel refers to a structure connecting a single flower to its inflorescence. In the absenc ...
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Bud break
The annual growth cycle of grapevines is the process that takes place in the vineyard each year, beginning with bud break in the spring and culminating in leaf fall in autumn followed by winter dormancy. From a winemaking perspective, each step ...
is mostly early, vigor is medium-high, and it is highly productive. The variety shows good resistance to
powdery mildew.
[ The elaboration of wine utilizing the rare Juan García grape variety produces a unique taste different with a profound deep burgundy color that is particularly smooth tasting with a long nose.
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Synonyms
Juan García is also known as Tinta Gorda, Mouratón, Negreda, Negreda preta, Negrera, Nepada, and Tinta negreda.
References
External links
About Juan Garcia
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Red wine grape varieties
Grape varieties of Spain