Traminer
Traminer is a collective term for variants of a grape variety that occurs either as Gewürztraminer (red berries: Roter Traminer, light red / yellow-pink: Gewürztraminer, yellowish: Gelber Traminer), as Savagnin (White Traminer) and as Savagnin rosé (Rosa Traminer), but is also used (especially outside of German-speaking countries) as a synonym for the Gewürztraminer.
origin
The origin of the Traminer is controversial. Molecular biological studies indicate that this grape variety is one of the Central European original varieties. The wild vines from ketch, barely 100 years old, are close to the genotype of Traminer, Cot Malbec and Pinot with sprinkles of Gutedel and Kleinberger. Some of the most important European varieties, such as Riesling and Sauvignon , emerged from crosses with a prototype of the Traminer. The Grüner Veltliner , which is mainly grown in Austria, is also a cross with Traminer as the mother variety . The ampelographer Pierre Galet also claimed that Savagnin and Traminer are identical, which has now been proven.
properties
The leaves of the plants are small and rounded. The grapes are small to medium in size and densely packed. The oval berries have thick skins. The grape variety is very demanding in terms of soil and location, but tolerates lime and is not very sensitive to frost.
Surname
It is named after Tramin in South Tyrol , where both white and red wines have been mentioned in documents with this name since the year 1000.
Growing areas
The most important growing area today is Alsace . In Germany, Traminer is mainly grown in Baden , the Palatinate and Saxony . In Austria, Klöch (Vulkanland Steiermark) is a traminer stronghold due to a geological anomaly. In Switzerland, it is grown as Heida in particularly high areas of the Valais , especially on the highest vineyard north of the main Alpine ridge near the mountain village of Visperterminen .
literature
- Ivo Maran, Stefan Morandell: Vernatscher, Traminer, Kalterersee wine. News from South Tyrol's wine history (= writings on wine history. 188). Society for the History of Wine, Wiesbaden 2015.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Traminer (Gewürztraminer, Roter Traminer, Gelber Traminer). Austria Wine, accessed on August 16, 2016 .