Frühroter Veltliner is a variety of early-ripening, red-skinned white
wine
Wine is an alcoholic drink typically made from fermented grapes. Yeast consumes the sugar in the grapes and converts it to ethanol and carbon dioxide, releasing heat in the process. Different varieties of grapes and strains of yeasts are m ...
grape
A grape is a fruit, botanically a berry, of the deciduous woody vines of the flowering plant genus '' Vitis''. Grapes are a non- climacteric type of fruit, generally occurring in clusters.
The cultivation of grapes began perhaps 8,000 years a ...
grown primarily in the
Weinviertel
The ("wine quarter") or ("area below the ") is located in the northeast of Lower Austria.
In the east, the borders Slovakia at the March River. In the south, it borders and , its limits being the Wagram, the Danube and the . Its western nei ...
district of
Lower Austria
Lower Austria (german: Niederösterreich; Austro-Bavarian: ''Niedaöstareich'', ''Niedaestareich'') is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Since 1986, the capital of Lower Austria has been Sankt P ...
. It accounts for 0.9% of total Austrian vineyards and is diminishing.
Frühroter Veltliner is not at all related to
Grüner Veltliner
Grüner Veltliner (Green Veltliner) ) is a white wine grape variety grown primarily in Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic. The leaves of the grape vine are five-lobed with bunches that are long but compact, and deep green grapes ...
, but is a spontaneous cross between
Roter Veltliner
Roter Veltliner is a grape variety used to make white wine. It is found in Austria. Some of the better wines come from the Wagram district of Donauland.
Varieties
It is believed to be a very old variety, but its parentage has so far not been ...
and
Silvaner
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.
[Vitis International Variety Catalogue: Veltliner Fruehrot](_blank)
, accessed on December 27, 2009 It is not particularly demanding of its location and is resistant to both winter and late frosts. However, it ripens very early producing wines of neutral bouquet, high alcohol and somewhat low acidity.
It is rarely encountered in the
Rheinhessen
Rhenish Hesse or Rhine HesseDickinson, Robert E (1964). ''Germany: A regional and economic geography'' (2nd ed.). London: Methuen, p. 542. . (german: Rheinhessen) is a region and a former government district () in the German state of Rhineland- ...
of
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
, in some older vineyards of
Alto Adige
it, Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano – Alto Adige lld, Provinzia Autonoma de Balsan/Bulsan – Südtirol
, settlement_type = Autonomous province
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in
Italy
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, and in the
Savoie
Savoie (; Arpitan: ''Savouè'' or ''Savouè-d'Avâl''; English: ''Savoy'' ) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, Southeastern France. Located in the French Alps, its prefecture is Chambéry. In 2019, Savoie had a population ...
of
France
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.
[Robinson, Jancis ''The Oxford Companion to Wine'' Oxford University Press 2006 ]
Synonyms
Austria: Früher Roter Veltliner, Malvasier
France: Malvoisie Rouge d'Italie, Rose d'Italie
Germany: Frühroter Malvasier, Roter Malvasier
Italy: Veltliner
Czech: Veltlínské Červené Rané
Slovak: Veltlínske Červené Skoré
See also
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Austrian wine
References
External links
Grape varieties in Austria: Frühroter Veltliner Wines from Austria
Weinviertel DAC
Vitis International Variety Catalogue
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Red wine grape varieties