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Albillo Negro

Synonym for the grape variety Tempranillo; see there.

The red grape variety originates from Spain. More than 80 synonyms attest to the vine's great age and worldwide distribution. The most important ones, grouped alphabetically by country, are Malvasia Nera, Malvasia Nera di Lecce, Negretto, Santo Stefano (Italy); Valdepeñas (California); Aragón, Aragones, Aragonez, Aragonez da Ferra, Aragonez de Elvas, Arinto Tinto, Olho de Lebre, Roriz, Tinta Aragonez, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Santiago (Portugal); Albillo Negro, Aldepenas, Arauxa, Arganda, Botón de Gallo, Castellana, Cencibal, Cencibel, Cencibera, Chinchillana, Chinchillano, Chinchilyano, Cupani, De Por Aca, Escobera, Grenache de Logrono, Jacibera, Jacibiera, Jacivera, Negra, Negra de Madrid, Negra de Mesa, Ojo de Liebre, Piñuela, Sensibel, Tempranilla, Tempranillo de la Rioja, Tempranillo de Perralta, Tempranillo de Rioja, Tempranillo de Rioza, Tempranillo Rioja, Tempranillo Tinta, Tempranillo Tinto, Tinta de Nava, Tinta del País, Tinta del Toro, Tinta do Inacio, Tinta do País, Tinta Fina, Tinta Madrid, Tinto Aragónez, Tinto Basto, Tinto de Madrid, Tinto del País, Tinto Fino, Tinto Madrid, Tinto País, Tinto Ribiera, Ull de Llebre, Verdiell, Vid de Aranda (Spain); Jacibiera, Jacivera, Garnacho Foño (South America, mainly Argentina and Chile).

Tempranillo - Traube, Blatt, Flasche La Rioja Alta

Ancestry

It must not be confused with the varieties Garnacha Tinta, Juan García (Malvasía Negra), Malvasia Nera di Basilicata, Malvasia Nera di Brindisi, Moristel (Tempranillo Temprano) or Negretto, despite seemingly suggestive synonyms or morphological similarities. In Italy, the synonyms for Tempranillo are misleadingly used. The earliest mention of the variety may have been under the plural...

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