🍇 Lagrein
Dark-skinned wine grape from Italy; parents Schiava Gentile × Teroldego; 12 synonyms in VIVC.
Lagrein is a dark-skinned wine grape from Italy.
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, its parents are Schiava Gentile and Teroldego.
According to VIVC, it covered 373 ha in Italy (1990). 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 12 synonyms for it, among them Bauernlagrein, Burgundi Lagrein and Kurzstieliger, 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
🍇 Lagrein → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Italian wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 South Tyrol, 📍 Trentino-Alto Adige
- Main grape in
- 📍 South Tyrol
- Wines made from it
- 🍷 Rosé
- Parents
- 🍇 Teroldego, 🍇 Blauer Urban
Frequently asked questions
Where does Lagrein come from?
According to VIVC, from Italy.
What are the parents of Lagrein?
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, its parents are Schiava Gentile and Teroldego.
Under what other names is Lagrein known?
VIVC lists 12 synonyms for it, among them Bauernlagrein, Burgundi Lagrein and Kurzstieliger, so the same grape can turn up under other names.
What to read next
- 🗺️ Italian wine — The country's wine and winemaking: regions, grape varieties, appellations.
- 📍 South Tyrol — The Alpine north of Trentino-Alto Adige, with the bilingual DOC Alto Adige / Südtirol.
- 📍 Trentino-Alto Adige — The Alpine north with two provinces and two languages.
- 🍇 Blauer Urban — A Schiava-group grape from South Tyrol, called Schiava Gentile in Italian.
- 🍷 Rosé — Wine from dark grapes kept briefly with their skins, so the colour is pale pink.
Similar
🍇 Schiava Grigia · 🍇 Fraueler · 🍇 Tschaggele · 🍇 Blatterle · 🍇 Groppello Gentile · 🍇 Prié Rouge
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Lagrein
- VIVC: area statistics LAGREIN
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)
- Wikidata