Red Granite Ranch, Ltd.

Red Granites Clear Cut

We sadly announce the death of Clear Cut.

Red Granites Clear Cut is the only TRUE BLACK Val D Lsere son we still have on the ranch. He is one of the four BLACK males sired by Val D Lsere, making him even more special to us and letting him go is going to be hard.

His Dam is no less than La Finca's V V Cella, a light fawn daughter of MSA Peruvian Very Victor and MSA Valpolicella. Cella's lineage is full of Peruvian and Chilean hucayas of color, getting her black genes from an imported male from Chile; Shackleton (maternal great-grandsire). Shackleton was owned by Alpacas de la Patagonia where he sired many outstanding crias of color, including two of there former herdsires: Patagonia's Neruda and Patagonia's El Trauco (MSA Valpolicella's sire), both multi-champion males.

Clear Cut is one of the few crosses done between the animals in his lineage, he is the only BLACK from pairing his heritage! No white fibers are found throughout his body, he is a TRUE TRUE BLACK!

Clear Cut has the longest fleece recorded from our Val D Lsere offspring. In 2019 as a juvenile he sheared off 5.06 inches of fleece (128.5 mm) and in 2021 as a 2-year-old male he sheared off 4.53 inches (115.0 mm) of fleece and 8.9 pounds of fleece came off of him! Impressive for any color but especially for a TRUE BLACK! He is the perfect stud to bring a balance of long, fine yield of fleece on a strong, large frame for black alpacas.

His body is full of high frequency and very uniform black bundles of fleece, all which comes with superior density and exceptional brightness.

As an upcoming 3-year-old he has not lost a stich in his looks and carries a unique and valued inheritance. This male will being you to new dimensions in putting Elite BLACK alpacas back on the maps with favored staple length, fleece weight, density and lasting fineness above all. He is currently unproven but we plan on testing him this spring season and trying him on some of our unrelated dark brown and black females. His price will go up when he is considered proven.

Updated 10/1/2022