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RED wine grapes<br />
RED wine grapes<br />
5.1.5 Red wine grape varieties<br />
Figure 15 shows the total area (bearing <strong>and</strong> non-bearing hectares (Figure 13)) of red wine grape<br />
varieties <strong>and</strong> change from 1997 to 2014.<br />
The dominant red wine varieties Shiraz (39%), Cabernet Sauvignon (29%) <strong>and</strong> Merlot (18%) make<br />
up 86% of the 2014 planted area of red wine grapes.<br />
Red wine grape plantings increased by 5,855 hectares between 1997 <strong>and</strong> 2014.<br />
Figure 15: Area (hectares) planted to red wine grape varieties 1997 to 2014<br />
Variety 1997 2003 2006 2009 2014<br />
% of 2014 Change<br />
total 1997-2014<br />
Black Muscat 10 13 8 5 6 0% -4<br />
Cabernet Sauvignon 1,077 3,463 3,295 2,990 2,629 29% +1,553<br />
Carina, Zante 132 48 18 20 1 0% -130<br />
Chambourcin 12 9 5 5 3 0% -9<br />
Cienna - 30 47 47 43 0% +43<br />
Dolcetto - 12 12 12 5 0% +5<br />
Durif - 15 24 24 19 0% +19<br />
Graciano - - - 8 8 0% +8<br />
Grenache 86 71 61 46 36 0% -51<br />
Malbec 2 11 15 12 29 0% +27<br />
Mataro 20 57 52 40 31 0% +10<br />
Merlot 379 1,900 2,104 1,907 1,664 18% +1,285<br />
Montepulciano - - - 7 15 0% +15<br />
Nebbiolo - 11 11 8 8 0% +8<br />
Negro Amaro - - - 9 9 0% +9<br />
Nero d'Avola - - - 10 16 0% +16<br />
Other red 6 8 11 13 17 14 0% +6<br />
Petit Verdot 0 173 159 183 162 2% +162<br />
Pinot Noir 12 136 209 284 292 3% +280<br />
Red Frontignac - - - 8 8 0% +8<br />
Rubired 21 17 0 8 19 0% -2<br />
Ruby Cabernet 255 571 444 326 225 2% -30<br />
Sagrantino 1 1 5 4 7 0% +7<br />
Sangiovese 3 113 97 76 68 1% +65<br />
Shiraz 1,287 3,749 4,280 4,089 3,576 39% +2,290<br />
Tarrango 19 26 30 4 4 0% -16<br />
Tempranillo - 9 34 66 57 1% +57<br />
Not surveyed - - - - 225 2% +225<br />
Total red (ha) 3,323 10,444 10,923 10,216 9,178 100% +5,855<br />
% Bearing 37% 86% 90% 94% 97%<br />
% Non-bearing 63% 14% 10% 6% 3%<br />
6 Other red varieties includes; Barbera, Cabernet Franc, Gamay, Italian varieties, Lagrein, Lambrusco Maestri,<br />
Tannat, Touriga <strong>and</strong> Zinf<strong>and</strong>al<br />
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