| Royalty | |
|---|---|
| Grape (Vitis) | |
| Color of berry skin | Noir |
| Species | American Vitis hybrid |
| Also called | Royalty 1390, California S 26, Kek Royalti and Royalti |
| Origin | United States 1938 |
| Original pedigree | Trousseau gris × Alicante Ganzin |
| Pedigree parent 1 | Trousseau gris |
| Pedigree parent 2 | Alicante Ganzin |
| Notable regions | California wine |
Royalty (also known as Royalty 1390) is a rouge Californian wine grape variety that was developed in 1938 by Dr. Harold P. Olmo of the University of California, Davis.[1] The grape is a red fleshed teinturier which, unlike most red wine grapes, will produce red-tinged colored wine even without maceration time on the skins. The grape is a hybrid produced from the Vitis vinifera Trousseau gris variety from the Jura wine region of France[2] and the teinturier grape Alicante Ganzin that is itself a hybrid of a Vitis rupestris variety and the Vitis vinifera grape Aramon.[3]