An artificial Helfensteiner × Heroldrebe cross, the Dornfelder was obtained in 1956 at the Weinsberg research center in Baden-Württemberg (D), and named after one of the founders of the center. Productive and resistant to gray rot, very rich in color, Dornfelder is mainly used in Switzerland in blending.
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Hybrid
Other names: Dornfelder
Allogenic
21 HA
0.1%
Aroma Potential
Gives a full-bodied wine, with a beautiful ruby red color, fruity, fragrant, supple with rather coated tannins and generally good acidity. It has long been used as a coupage wine - or even as a table grape - but today consumers demand / prefer it as a single varietal. Aromas of banana, blackcurrant, spices, raspberry, morello cherries, blackberry, plum, elderberry, tobacco.
Banana
Blackcurrant
Spices
Plum
Tobacco
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