Savagnin Rose

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The Savagnin Rose (also Savagnin rosé) is a white wine variety . Although the skin of the berries is reddish to red in color, similar to Pinot Gris, it is assigned to the white varieties. It is almost only cultivated in Alsace and the Baden wine town of Durbach . The famous ampelographer Pierre Galet claims that the Savagnin Rose is a mutation of the Savagnin . He also believes that the Gewürztraminer emerged from the Savagnin Rose .

Savagnin Rose and the Gewürztraminer can only be distinguished from one another with the eye by very experienced ampelographers. The visually most obvious difference is the transparency of the berry peel just before the color of the berry changes (French veraison ). Genetic differentiation can be carried out using DNA analysis. Until the early 1970s, winemakers often did not know why certain Gewürztraminer wines did not have the usual floral bouquet . For this reason, it was usually only after the vinification that a decision was made as to which wine should be declared as Gewürztraminer and which wine as Traminer. Both Savagnin rose and Gewürztraminer were mostly unintentionally in a mixed sentence .

The synonym Clevener causes further confusion , as one of the common synonyms for Pinot Blanc is Clevner.

The largest contiguous cultivation area for Savagnin rosé (Roter Traminer) is in Durbach / Baden. There the Savagnin rosé is called Durbacher Clevner , because it was assumed for a long time that the vines were brought to Durbach in 1780 by Grand Duke Carl Friedrich von Baden from Cleven, today's Chiavenna . Durbach was and is therefore considered a Clevner village by wine connoisseurs . In fact, the vines from the Schloßberg came from the wine-growing community of Rhodt under Rietburg (Palatinate). In the Middle Ages, this community was the ultimate Traminer village. The vineyard below the Rietburg, owned by Carl-Friedrich, supplied both Durbach Traminer varieties (Roter Traminer and Gewürztraminer) in 1780. It is not known why the term Clevner for red Traminer has been used in Durbach for centuries.

The wine marketed in Alsace under the name Klevener de Heiligenstein is also a product of the Savagnin rose grape variety.

See also the articles Viticulture in Germany and Viticulture in France as well as the list of grape varieties .

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

In ampelography , the habitus is described as follows:

  • The shoot tip is open. She is hairy white wool. The tip of the shoot is colored white-green with a carmine-red tinge. The young leaves are lightly hairy and yellowish in color.
  • The small leaves are usually whole (but rarely five-lobed and deeply indented). The stalk bay is lyre-shaped and only slightly open. The blade is bluntly serrated. The teeth are medium in size compared to other varieties.
  • The cylindrical grape is small and dense. The round berries are small and pink or red-gray in color. The taste of the berries is neutral. The berry bowl is thick-walled

The moderately vigorous grape variety ripens around 20 days after the Gutedel and is therefore considered to ripen late. The yields are usually low, so that targeted vine training can lead to an increase in yield. Due to the thick berry skin, the variety is hardly susceptible to raw rot and can therefore remain on the vine until December. The variety is susceptible to powdery mildew .

Synonyms

The Savagnin Rose is also known under the names Clevener, Drumin, Durbacher Clevner, Heiligensteiner Clevener, Heiligensteiner Klevener, Livora, Livora cervena, Rosa Traminer, Roter Traminer, Ryvola, Savagnin rose non musqué, Tramin cerveny, Traminac redci, Traminer rose, Traminer roz and Tramini piros.

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