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    Ekigaina

    Vitis vinifera L.

    Ekigaina is a grape variety with black berries.1

    Its country of origin is France.2

    In 2023 it covered 4.5 hectares of bearing vineyards worldwide, ranking 1016 of 1497 varieties in the database.2

    The largest area is in France: 2.4 ha (53% of the world total), across 3 countries.2

    Between 2000 and 2023 its area shrank by 12%.2

    VIVC lists its parents as Tannat × Petit Bouschet, a pedigree confirmed by DNA markers.1

    Crossed in 1955 by INRAE - UMR 1287 EGFV (Ecophysiologie et génomique fonctionelle de la vigne) ISVV (Institut scientifique de la vigne et du vin).1

    vinoluma engraving: a schematic leaf, not a botanical description of the variety.
    Berry skin (VIVC)
    black1
    Origin
    France2
    Area, 2023
    4.5 ha2
    World rank
    1016 / 14972
    VIVC
    № 168441
    parentTannat
    parentPetit Bouschet
    Ekigaina

    confirmed by DNA markers (VIVC)

    Area by country

    1. France2.4 ha
    2. Uruguay1.2 ha
    3. Argentina1 ha

    Area, 2023

    5.13.53.44.52000201020162023
    World area, ha 2

    Where Ekigaina grows

    1. OriginFrance
    2. AreaFrance
    3. AreaUruguay
    4. AreaArgentina

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    Parents

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    Sources

    1. VIVC passport no. 16844. 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