| Alicante Ganzin | |
|---|---|
| Grape (Vitis) | |
| Color of berry skin | Noir |
| Species | American Vitis hybrid |
| Origin | United States 1958 |
| Original pedigree | Alicante Bouschet × Ganzin 4 |
| Pedigree parent 1 | Alicante Bouschet |
| Pedigree parent 2 | Ganzin 4 (Aramon × Vitis rupestris) |
| Notable regions | California wine |
| VIVC number | 303 |
Alicante Ganzin is a red French wine grape variety. Unlike most Vitis vinifera wine grapes, Alicante Ganzin is a teinturier with dark flesh that produces red juice. Most varieties used to produce red wine, such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, etc., have clear color flesh and juice with the wine receiving its color through a maceration process where the color seeps out of the grape skins for as long as they are in contact with the juice. Alicante Ganzin can thus produce light red and rose colored wine without maceration. It is believed that Alicante Ganzin is often described as the progenitor of all French teinturier grapes.[1]