🍇 Würzer

Würzer is a white wine grape variety bred in Germany by Georg Scheu at the Landesanstalt für Rebenzüchtung in Alzey. The International Variety Catalogue VIVC (Julius Kühn-Institut) lists it as Vitis vinifera with white (blanc) berry skin, 1932 as the year of crossing and 10 February 1978 as the date of variety protection. The pedigree is given as Gewürztraminer × Müller-Thurgau; marker analysis confirmed Traminer Rot (Red Traminer) × Müller-Thurgau. VIVC lists the synonyms Alzey 10487, AZ 10487 and S. 10487, and shows the variety as registered in the European Catalogue.

The German Federal Plant Variety Office (Bundessortenamt) includes Würzer in its Descriptive Variety List for Grapevines 2024 as white wine variety no. 71, identification number RBE 52, and gives the cross as Roter Traminer × Müller-Thurgau. The list covers the varieties approved under German seed law as of 1 March 2024. For the character of the wine, it names a yellow-green colour, a fragrant aroma (duftig) and a spicy, fruity taste (würzig, fruchtig).

The same publication reproduces the federal statistical office's vineyard survey for 2022 (Statistisches Bundesamt), which shows Würzer on 49 hectares in Germany, 31 of them in Rheinhessen. Under Article 50 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33, a single variety may be named on a wine label if at least 85 % of the wine is made from it.