Cienna is a red
Australian wine grape variety first harvested in 2000. It is a mix between the
Spanish wine grape
Sumoll
The Sumoll is a black grape variety. It is a rustic variety, native from the Penedès region in Catalonia (EU), drought resistant and with uniform development. The grape is long and big. It is used to produce red, white, rosé wines and cava (Cata ...
and
Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet Sauvignon () is one of the world's most widely recognized red wine grape varieties. It is grown in nearly every major wine producing country among a diverse spectrum of climates from Australia and British Columbia, Canada to Lebanon' ...
grape.
[
] This grape was initially created in 1972 by
CSIRO
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is an Australian Government
The Australian Government, also known as the Commonwealth Government, is the national government of Australia, a federal parliamentar ...
. The aim was to produce high quality grapes suited for Australian conditions. One of the most notable wineries that produces a light-style, light-alcohol Cienna wine is
Brown Brothers from
Victoria, Australia.
Brown Brothers Cienna
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See also
*Tarrango
Tarrango is a red grape variety used in Australian wine production. This slow-ripening grape was created in 1965 by the CSIRO Horticultural Research Station at Merbein in Victoria, Australia, as a hybrid of Touriga Nacional and Sultana in order ...
, another Australian wine grape variety bred by CSIRO and notably commercialised by Brown Brothers
* Mystique, another Australian wine grape variety bred by CSIRO and notably commercialised by Brown Brothers
References
External links
CSIRO Cienna fact sheet
Red wine grape varieties
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