🍇 Airén
White wine and table grape from Spain; one parent is Heben; 28 synonyms in VIVC.
Airén is a white wine and table grape from Spain.
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, one of its parents is Heben; the other is unknown.
According to VIVC, it covered 284,623 ha in Spain (2008). Samples of the variety are kept in 19 collections. The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 28 synonyms for it, among them Aiden, Blanc du Zerhoun and Blanca, so the same grape can turn up under other names. If a grape is named on the label of an EU wine, it makes up at least 85% of that wine.
How it connects to Wine
🍇 Airén → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Spanish wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 La Mancha, 📍 Castilla-La Mancha
- Main grape in
- 📍 Valdepeñas, 📜 Castilla, 📍 La Mancha
- Related to
- 📍 Castilla-La Mancha
- Parents
- 🍇 Hebén
Frequently asked questions
Where does Airén come from?
According to VIVC, from Spain.
What are the parents of Airén?
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, one of its parents is Heben; the other is unknown.
Under what other names is Airén known?
VIVC lists 28 synonyms for it, among them Aiden, Blanc du Zerhoun and Blanca, so the same grape can turn up under other names.
What to read next
- 🗺️ Spanish wine — The country's wine and winemaking: regions, grapes and appellations.
- 📍 Castilla-La Mancha — An autonomous community in central Spain with 431,079 ha of vineyards, almost half of the country's vineyards (2022); main grapes Airén and Tempranillo.
- 📍 La Mancha — The dry plain of Don Quixote's country.
- 🍇 Hebén — An old white Spanish grape with female flowers; according to VIVC, a parent of 117 varieties, including Airén and Pedro Ximénez.
- 📍 Valdepeñas — A southern enclave in La Mancha with red wines.
Similar
🍇 Moravia Agria · 🍇 Alcañón · 🍇 Verdil · 🍇 Vijariego Blanco · 🍇 Alarije · 🍇 Chelva
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Airen
- VIVC: area statistics AIREN
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)
- Wikidata