Rimava is a red Slovak wine

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that is a crossing of the Southwest France wine grapes Abouriou and Castets. The variety was created in 1976 at the VSSVVM Research and Breeding Station for Enology and Viticulture in Modra. The grape was named after the Rimava river, a tributary of the Sajó. Along with Nitranka,

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, which were created using the same parent varieties, Rimava was officially authorized for commercial wine production in 2011.J. Robinson, J. Harding and J. Vouillamoz ''Wine Grapes - A complete guide to 1,368 vine varieties, including their origins and flavours'' pg 894, Allen Lane 2012

Viticulture

Rimava is a mid to late

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and

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grape variety that tends to produce very small berries but can be highly productive and high yielding. While the vine has good resistance to spring time frost due to its late budding nature, it is not very winter hardy and the vine can be seriously damaged by hard winter frosts. Being planted on poorer vineyard soils will limit some of Rimava vigor.

Wine regions

Being only officially authorized for wine production since 2011, Rimava is not yet widely planted in Slovakia with 3

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s (7 acres) of the grape planted in 2011. It is currently found in the Južnoslovenská and Malokarpatská wine regions of southwest Slovakia.

Styles

According to Master of Wine

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, well made examples of Rimava from favorable vintages can be the most

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-like of all the Abouriou x Castets crossings. The grape has the potential to produce full-bodied and deeply colored wines with the ability to age and improve further in the bottle.

Synonyms

The only known synonym for Rimava recognized by the

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(VIVC) is CAAB 3/12.

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References

{{reflist Red wine grape varieties