Nutmeg Trollinger
Muskat-Trollinger (also: Muskattrollinger) is a very late-ripening red wine variety with large berries, which was mentioned as early as 1836. It used to be seen as a variant or a descendant of the Trollinger (perhaps through an accidental crossing with the Muscatel ). Muscat Trollinger is now considered an independent variety and, like the Trollinger, is mainly grown in Württemberg .
As a table grape, it is also known as Muscat Hamburg and is widely grown. Around 1900 she was often brought up in greenhouses together with the Trollinger (Black Hamburg). The Netherlands and Belgium in particular were known for their greenhouse grapes.
The vine owes its name to the intense but unobtrusive nutmeg bouquet ; it shares the ruby-red color and good digestibility with the Trollinger.
literature
- Jancis Robinson : The Oxford Wine Lexicon . 2nd, completely revised edition. Hallwag, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-7742-0914-6
- Pierre Galet : Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages . 1st edition. Hachette Livre, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-0123633-18
- Walter Hillebrand, Heinz Lott and Franz Pfaff: Paperback of the grape varieties . 13th edition. Fachverlag Fraund, Mainz 2003, ISBN 3-921156-53-X