The red grape variety originates from the USA. Synonyms include Troya (Australia); Jacquez, Jacquet (France); Tintiglia (Italy); Lenoir (Mexico); Alabama, Black El Paso, Black July, Black Spanish, Blue French, Blue French Grape, Burgundy, Cigar Box Grape, Clarence, Devereaux, El Paso, French Grape, Jack, Jacques, Jaquez, July Cherry, Long Laliman, Longworth’s Ohio, Mac Candless, Madeira, Segar Box, Sherry of the South, Springstein, Sumpter, Thurmond, Tintiglia, Warren, Zakez, Zsake (USA). Many of these synonyms are shared by Jacquez with the varieties Devereaux and Ohio (grape variety).
The US botanist Thomas Volney Munson Thomas Volney (1843-1913) later classified the hybrids under the species Vitis bourquina (ex wild vines Vitis aestivalis x Vitis cinerea). According to the VIVC catalog, it originates from a presumably natural cross between Vitis aestivalis x Vitis vinifera. However, analyses by South African biochemist Dr. Jeronimo Rodrigues suggest that some facts indicate it is a cross of Vitis berlandieri x Vitis vinifera. Jacquez was a crossing partner in the new cultivars Black Herbemont and Jacquez à Gros Grains.
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