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    Alcañon

    Vitis vinifera L.

    Alcañon is a grape variety with white berries.1

    Its country of origin is Spain.2

    In 2023 it covered 11 hectares of bearing vineyards worldwide, ranking 891 of 1497 varieties in the database.2

    It is now grown in one country only: Spain.2

    Between 2000 and 2023 its area shrank by 80%.2

    VIVC lists its parents as Gibi × unknown, a pedigree confirmed by DNA markers.1

    VIVC records 30 other names for it.1

    vinoluma engraving: a schematic leaf, not a botanical description of the variety.
    Berry skin (VIVC)
    white1
    Origin
    Spain2
    Area, 2023
    11 ha2
    World rank
    891 / 14972
    VIVC
    № 2551
    parentGibi
    parentunknown
    Alcañon

    confirmed by DNA markers (VIVC)

    Area by country

    1. Spain11 ha

    Area, 2023

    546027112000201020162023
    World area, ha 2

    Where Alcañon grows

    1. OriginSpain
    2. AreaSpain

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    Other names

    Alcanon · Alcañón · Alcanon Blanco · Alcanou · Alfonsarro · Blanco Castellano · Bobal Blanca · Cansera · Carrega Somera · Carregasomiers · Castellano · Castellano Blanco · Castelo Branco · Grec

    Parents

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    Sources

    1. VIVC passport no. 255. Vitis International Variety Catalogue (VIVC), Julius Kühn-Institut, 2026. level 2
    2. Database of Regional, National and Global Winegrape Bearing Areas by Variety, 2000 to 2023. Anderson K., Nelgen S., Puga G. Wine Economics Research Centre, University of Adelaide (CC BY 4.0), 2026. level 3