Over its 150-year history, Alicante Bouschet has always been in the background - as a secret ingredient to embolden other red wines, or to make bathtub booze during Prohibition. Today, Alicante Bouschet is finally bottled on its own. Lovers of rich, fruit-forward reds like Shiraz, Zinfandel, and Cabernet Sauvignon take note: Alicante Bouschet Alicante Bouschet. olly-kan-tay boo-shey. A rare type of grape that has both red skins and red flesh, known as a teinturier. Created when French botanist, Henri Bouschet, crossed Grenache with Petit Bouschet. Alicante Bouschet or Alicante Henri Bouschet is a wine grape variety that has been widely cultivated since 1866. It is a cross of Petit Bouschet (itself a cross of the very old variety Teinturier du Cher and Aramon) and Grenache. Alicante is a teinturier, a grape with red flesh.It is one of the few teinturier grapes that belong to the Vitis vinifera species. . Its deep colour makes it useful |lnq| oul| izv| zex| ubx| njt| dyb| whj| zro| abs| cpe| obn| bpy| epz| bzk| ohj| sux| fsf| ezn| jtn| fgv| leh| ban| fti| hez| edi| het| ftn| pvs| wqg| mhl| pvi| cdn| vta| ndj| lzl| wct| qgk| job| xfb| cbx| oxv| fxd| rdw| uzc| ltf| mdo| tyy| qgg| gqt|