Teinturier
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Teinturier, a French term meaning to dye or stain, is applied to grapes whose juice is red in colour, due to anthocyanin pigments accumulating within the pulp of the grape berry itself.
TEINTURIER
An ancient red-wine grape with genetic presence in the majority of varieties grown for blending to add color. Alicante Bouschet is one notable descendant. Also known as Teinturier du Cher.
Teinturier: generic name for any grape whose natural juice is red-colored or pink-colored, (as opposed to most varieties whose juice is colorless). In Spanish, tintorera.
Thin: lacking in body or alcohol; a watery wine.
teinturier grapes
Grapes with red pulp and skins, as opposed to red grapes which have red skins but a colourless pulp.
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TEINTURIER: Also known as Teinturier du Cher. Of ancient origin, it is genetically present in the majority of varieties grown in order to add deeper redness, due to its pink flesh, to blends.
RUBIRED: Teinturier derived red wine grape cross from Alicante Ganzin and Tinta Cao grape varieties. Mainly grown in California and Australia where it is used as a blended "stretch" wine. Regarded as superior to Royalty, (see above).
ALICANTE BOUSCHET: Minor grape originating from a 19th century vinifera cross using the Aramon and ancient Teinturier native vine, resulting in a variety possessing the pink flesh and deep red coloring characteristics of its ancient ancestor.
Beaujolais is Gamay country, or to be more specific Gamay Noir, to distinguish this variety from the Gamay teinturiers - grapes with red flesh as well as red skins - such as Gamay de Bouze.
In 1824, Louis Bouschet crossed Aramon with an ancient red-juiced vinifera variety, Teinturier du Cher, naming the result Petit Bouschet.
which is part of a large group of "Gamays" variety with often different, some are clones, but most "dry-" red pulp, much used in the past to color wines cheesy, eighties, France, was attended by more than 1,000 hectares of Gamay and teinturiers ...
pulp - the fleshy part of the grape containing most of the water, sugars and acids in grape juice. Apart from red fleshed Teinturiers, the flesh of all grapes is the same dull grey, no matter what the colour of the grape's skin.
 See also: Red, Grape, Wine, Region, Blend
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