Roter Veltliner is a

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 ...

variety used to make

white wine White wine is a wine that is Fermentation in winemaking, fermented without skin contact. The wine color, colour can be straw-yellow, yellow-green, or yellow-gold. It is produced by the alcoholic fermentation of the non-coloured Juice vesicles, ...

. It is found in

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. Some of the better wines come from the

Wagram Deutsch-Wagram (literally "German Wagram", ), often shortened to Wagram, is a village in the Gänserndorf District, in the state of Lower Austria, Austria. It is in the Marchfeld Basin, close to the Vienna city limits, about 15 km (9 mi) northe ...

district of Donauland.

Varieties

It is believed to be a very old variety, but its parentage has so far not been possible to determine. There are however several other varieties which are the offspring of Roter Veltliner, such as: *

Frühroter Veltliner Frühroter Veltliner is a variety of early-ripening, red-skinned white wine grape grown primarily in the Weinviertel district of Lower Austria. It accounts for 0.9% of total Austrian vineyards and is diminishing. Frühroter Veltliner is not at ...

, a cross with

Silvaner Sylvaner or Silvaner is a variety of white wine grape grown primarily in Alsace and Germany, where its official name is Grüner Silvaner. While the Alsatian versions have primarily been considered simpler wines, it was included among the vari ...

Neuburger Neuburger is a white Austrian wine grape. The grape is a crossing of Roter Veltliner and Sylvaner. As varietal, it generally produces full bodied wines. J. Robinson ''Jancis Robinson's Wine Course'' Third Edition pg 117 Abbeville Press 2003 ...

, another cross with Silvaner *

Rotgipfler Rotgipfler is a grape variety used to make aromatic white wine. It is almost exclusively found in the Gumpoldskirchen district of the Thermenregion in Austria. It is often blended with Zierfandler (which is also known as ''Spätrot'') to mak ...

, a cross with

Traminer Savagnin or Savagnin blanc (not to be confused with Sauvignon blanc) is a variety of white wine grape with green-skinned berries. It is mostly grown in the Jura region of France, where it is made into Savagnin wine or the famous vin jaune and vi ...

Zierfandler Zierfandler is a grape variety used to make white wine in the Thermenregion of Austria. It is also known as Spätrot ("late red") because it turns red just before harvest time. It is traditionally blended with Rotgipfler but is increasingly being ...

, possibly a cross with Traminer Wein-Plus Glossar: Roter Veltliner
accessed on January 24, 2013 Despite its name Roter Veltliner is not 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 ...

. It was previously believed that Roter Veltliner could be a grandparent to Grüner Veltliner, but that hypothesis seems to have lost credibility with later studies.

Synonyms

Roter Veltliner is also known under the synonyms: * Ariavina * Ariavina Männliche * Bakor * Belo Ocka * Belo Oka * Buzyn * Cerveny Muskatel * Crvena Valtelina * Crvena Valtelinka * Csucsos Bakor * Debela Ariavina * Dreimänner * Erdezha * Erdezha Shopatna * Erdezka Rabolina * Fedleiner * Feldleiner * Feldleiner Rothlichter * Feldliner * Feldlinger * Feltliner * Fleisch Roter Velteliner * Fleisch Roter Wälteliner * Fleisch Traminer * Fleischroter Traminer * Fleischrother Velteliner * Fleischrother Veltliner * Fleischtraminer * Fleischtraube * Fleischtraube Rot * Fleischweiner * Grosbrauner Velteliner * Grossbrauner * Grosse Fleischtraube * Grosser Fleischtraube * Grosser Roter Veltliner * Grosser Rother Välteliner * Grosser Rother Veltliner * Grosser Traminer * Grosser Välteliner * Grosser Velteliner * Grosswiener * Herera Rhaetica * Herera Valtellina * Kecskecsecs * Krdeca * Männliche Ariavina * Mannliche * Maucnjk * Mavcnik * Mavenick * Mavenik * Moseavina * Moslavina * Muscateller * Muskatel Cerveny * Nagy Veltelini * Nagysagos * Nyulsölö * Nyulszölö * Piros Veltelini * Pirosveltelin * Pirosveltelini * Rabolina * Raifler * Raisin de Saint Valentin * Ranfler * Ranfolica * Ranfolina * Ranfoliza * Raufler * Raufolica * Rebalina * Rebolina * Red Veltliner * Reifler * Rhaetica * Riegersburger Rothköpfel * Riegersburger Rothtöpfel * Rivola Tchervena * Rossera * Rossola * Rote Fleisch Traube * Rote Fleischtraube * Rote Fleischtrauble * Roter * Roter Muskateller * Roter Riesling * Roter Välteliner * Roter Velteliner * Roter Veltiner * Roter Veltliner * Rotgipfler * Rothe Shopatna * Rothe Shopotna * Rothe Velteliner * Rother Fleischtraube * Rother Muscateller * Rother Raifler * Rother Riesling * Rother Välteliner * Rother Velteliner * Rother Veltliner * Rother Zierfahnler * Rothgipfler * Rothlichter * Rothreifler * Rotmehlweisser * Rotmuskateller * Rotreifler * Rudeca * Ryvola Cervena * Ryvola Crvena * Saint Valentin Rose * Saint Valentinrose * Shopatna * Shopotna * Somsölö * Spaete Ranfoliza * St. Valentin * Tarant Cerveny * Tarant Rot * Todtraeger Rotreifler * Traminer * Uva di San Valentino * Valentin * Valentin Rouge * Välteliner * Välteliner Roter * Valtelin Rouge * Valteliner * Vältliner * Valteliner Rosso * Valteliner Rouge * Valteliner Tardif * Veltelin Piros * Veltelin Rosso * Velteline Rouge * Velteliner * Velteliner Rose * Velteliner Roso * Velteliner Roter * Velteliner Rother * Velteliner Rouge * Veltelini Piros * Veltlinac Crveni * Veltliner * Veltliner Rosso * Veltliner Rot Weiss * Veltliner Roth * Veltliner Rother * Veltliner Rouge * Veltlini Piros * Veltlinske Cervene * Veltlinski Rozovii * Veltlinskii Rozovii * Veltlinsky Rosovy * Vernyeges Veltelini * Verrnyeges Veltelini * Weisser Raifler * Weissholzige Ribula Maucnjk * and Ziegelroth Veltliner Rot

Vitis International Variety Catalogue The Vitis International Variety Catalogue (VIVC) is a database of various species and varieties/ cultivars of grapevine, the genus ''Vitis''. VIVC is administered by the Geilweilerhof Institute for Grape Breeding (''Institut für Rebenzüchtung ...

, accessed 2010-12-03

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