🍇 Madrasa
Dark-skinned wine grape from Azerbaijan; 39 synonyms in VIVC.
Madrasa is a dark-skinned wine grape from Azerbaijan. In the VIVC catalogue it is listed under the prime name Matrassa, and the name Madrasa is among its synonyms.
VIVC gives no parents for it.
Samples of the variety are kept in 14 collections.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 39 synonyms for it, among them Chirai, Gara Shira and Gara Shireiyee, 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
🍇 Madrasa → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Azerbaijani wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Shamakhi, 📍 Ganja-Gazakh, 📍 Shirvan, 📍 Madrasa, 📍 Ismayilli (Ivanovka), 📍 Aghsu, 📍 Karabakh (Aran)
Frequently asked questions
Where does Madrasa come from?
According to VIVC, from Azerbaijan.
What are the parents of Madrasa?
VIVC gives no parents for it.
Under what other names is Madrasa known?
VIVC lists 39 synonyms for it, among them Chirai, Gara Shira and Gara Shireiyee, so the same grape can turn up under other names.
What to read next
- 🗺️ Azerbaijani wine — Azerbaijani wine is wine from Azerbaijan, a South Caucasus country with local grapes such as Madrasa and Bayan Shirey and a German winemaking heritage.
- 📍 Ganja-Gazakh — Wine zone in north-west Azerbaijan around Ganja, where German settlers opened the country's first commercial winery in Goygol in 1860.
- 📍 Shirvan — Shirvan is a historic area in eastern Azerbaijan, on the slopes of the Greater Caucasus, home of the red Madrasa grape and one of the country's oldest wine zones.
- 📍 Ismayilli (Ivanovka) — Ismayilli (İsmayıllı, once also Ivanovka) is a district in Shirvan, one of Azerbaijan's five main grape-growing areas, where the red Madrasa grape grows.
- 📍 Karabakh (Aran) — A region of Azerbaijan, home of the red Khindogni grape, also known for Gora Sharab wine and current vine research.
Similar
🍇 Agh Shani · 🍇 Bayan Shirey · 🍇 Kishmish Chernyi · 🍇 Scuppernong · 🍇 Vitis amurensis · 🍇 Koshu
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Matrassa
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)
- Wikidata