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The Garanoir

vigne de garanoir au dessus du lac léman

The objective was to create a grape variety that respected the qualities of Swiss Gamays while providing them with color and structure.

Garanoir is one of the red grape varieties created in Pully by the Agroscope agronomic research stations in Pully (Vaud)

Like its brother, Gamaret , it is the result of a selection made in the 1970s by André Jaquinet on a crossing of Gamay noir à jus blanc ( Beaujolais grape variety commonly grown in Switzerland) with Reichensteiner, a white grape variety developed in Germany.

Garanoir, which was officially introduced on the list of recognized grape varieties in 1990, at the same time as Gamaret, is an earlier grape variety than the two main red grape varieties of Switzerland, Pinot noir and Gamay. It is resistant to gray rot as well as fungal diseases. The wines produced from Garanoir have a beautiful color and a nose expressing notes of black fruits. They are fleshy with an elegant tannic structure. Given their low acidity, Garanoir wines are less prominent than those of its brother Gamaret which are more concentrated and spicy.

However, Garanoir can boast of being just as appreciated as Gamaret since with 228 ha in production, it is the 5th most cultivated red grape variety in Switzerland after Pinot noir, Gamay, Merlot and Gamaret. It is found mainly in the canton of Vaud (150 ha) in Valais (108 ha) and in Geneva (47 ha). Even though it is mainly used in blends, it is sometimes found pure. These are generally round and supple wines to drink young .