black grape

Wine-colored cluster member

Black grape refers to grape varieties with dark purple to nearly black skin, used for red wines, eating fresh, or making juice and raisins.

Common varieties include Concord, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Black Muscat.

The color comes from anthocyanins in the skin: Black grapes make a deeper, richer juice than green ones.

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wine · purple · seedless · juicy · cluster · sweet · tannin · skin · dark purple · harvest · vineyard · merlot · pinot · red wine · jam · jelly · press · ferment

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grape color/variety

black grapewhite grape

Light-skinned vine fruit

red grape · Chardonnay · Sauvignon Blanc · Riesling

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black, grape, blacks, blacker, blackest, blacken, blackened, blackening, blackness

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Top 500,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G