Carnelian
[kahr-NEEL-yuhn]
A red-wine grape that is the result of a cross of GRENACHE with an earlier cross of CABERNET SAUVIGNON and C CARIGNAN. This variety was developed in California during the early 1970s in an attempt to produce a grape that would do well in hot climates and still have Cabernet Sauvignon characteristics. The result was not widely successful, and there are only modest plantings of this grape. To the disappointment of all, the generally LIGHT, rather bland Carnelian wines did not acquire the desired Cabernet Sauvignon traits.
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