Errante Noir

This red wine grape is 97% V. vinifera, has great blending potential and is highly resistant to Pierce’s Disease.

It has a mid-season bloom and ripening period and has
relatively large berries and loose clusters. It is highly productive. Wines have been made from Davis fruit and they ranked very highly with tasting comments including: dark- red purple color; complex fruit with
herbs and earth, plum, big wine, dense, rich middle, tannic yet balanced. This red wine grape was rated as having great blending potential with Cabernet Sauvignon. It’s high levels of high-quality tannin
were also noted.

This variety was bred by Dr. Andrew Walker and is 50%
Sylvaner and 12.5% each of Cabernet Sauvignon, Carignane, and Chardonnay.