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    Torrontes Mendocino

    Vitis vinifera L.

    Torrontes Mendocino is a grape variety with white berries.1

    Its country of origin is Argentina.2

    In 2023 it covered 520 hectares of bearing vineyards worldwide, ranking 350 of 1497 varieties in the database.2

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

    Between 2000 and 2023 its area shrank by 33%.2

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

    VIVC records 6 other names for it.1

    vinoluma engraving: a schematic leaf, not a botanical description of the variety.
    Berry skin (VIVC)
    white1
    Origin
    Argentina2
    Area, 2023
    520 ha2
    World rank
    350 / 14972
    VIVC
    № 151611
    parentMuscat of Alexandria
    parentunknown
    Torrontes Mendocino

    confirmed by DNA markers (VIVC)

    Area by country

    1. Argentina520 ha

    Area, 2023

    7806616525202000201020162023
    World area, ha 2

    Where Torrontes Mendocino grows

    1. OriginArgentina
    2. AreaArgentina

    Countries from the University of Adelaide database; dots mark country centres, not regions.

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    Other names

    Torrontés Mendocino · Chichera · Loca · Loca Blanca · Palet · Torrontel · Uva Chichera

    Parents

    Other varieties from Argentina

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    Sources

    1. VIVC passport no. 15161. 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