Riesling
Variety of Vine · Vitis vinifera
Germany's noblest white wine grape – delicate, high-acid and remarkably terroir-driven.
Also known as: Weißer Riesling, Rheinriesling, Johannisberg Riesling
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Taste & characteristics
Taste
sourfloralaromaticrefreshing
Profile
- Parentage
- Gouais Blanc x (Traminer x wilde Vitis vinifera)
- Pollination
- self-fertile
- Fruit weight
- 2 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Small, roundish, green-yellow seeded berries with high, fine acidity.
Growth
Late ripening, winter-hardy, ideal for cool steep-slope sites.
Yield
A pure wine grape yielding dry to nobly-sweet whites of great longevity.
Notes
Suited to noble rot (botrytis) for Auslese-style sweet wines.
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