Jacquez is a variety or a group of varieties from the
species Vitis bourquiniana, sometimes called bourquina. It is believed to have
originated in the Eastern United States. As it is not in the Vitis vinifera
species it is not susceptible to Phylloxera and is can be used for resistantrootstocks.
Jaquez (also known variously as Lenoir, Jacquet, Jack, Blue
French, Ohio, and El Paso,is a hybrid
grape resulting from a cross of the American Vitis aestivalis species of grape
with an unknown Vitis vinifera pollen donor. This hybridisation may have
occurred naturally, as was the case with many of the early American grape
cultivars. From its wild South Carolina parent, Lenoir carries natural
resistance to the Phylloxera pest. On the Granite Belt, Ridgemill Estate grow Jaquez on their Severnlea vineyard.
The intensely coloured berries have a dark coloured juice
with a distinctive flavour. Jaquez also has the distinction of being banned by France in 1935.
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