Trollinger

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Trollinger grape
Trollinger vineyard near Weinstadt east of Stuttgart

The Trollinger is a German red wine made from the Trollinger grape variety of the same name . The name originates from "Tirolinger", as the underlying grape variety Groß vernatsch comes from southern historic Tyrol . Known and dominant in the Württemberg wine-growing region for centuries , there are smaller cultivation areas in the neighboring Kraichgau ( Baden wine-growing region ).

The name is used from the Middle Ages in German-speaking countries north of the Alps to the Palatinate for wines from Tyrol, z. B. in Württemberg in customs regulations from approx. 1560 and 1661. From various sources, a planting in large quantities in Württemberg is assumed from the 16th or 17th century at the latest.

Good Trollinger wines are ruby ​​red and are described with the attributes “fresh” and “juicy” due to their comparatively high acid values (the average values ​​are 7-10 g / l). They do not need long storage times and are usually ready to drink within a year. Trollinger wines are almost never developed as predicate wines . In the case of predicate wines, the mash may not be additionally sugared . The trollinger's own sugar seldom exceeds 180 grams per liter, even with the best quality. Its must weight of 75 degrees Öchsle is not sufficient for the wine production of such qualities. A large part of the Trollinger is blended with Lemberger wines, either as Trollinger with Lemberger or more rarely as Lemberger with Trollinger, the first grape variety mentioned in each case makes up the greater proportion of the blend . When pressed light, they result in a salmon-colored white autumn , a light wine made from red grapes by direct pressing.

The Trollinger is the epitome of the Swabian Viertele wine - and thus an expression of a down-to-earth wine culture in Württemberg; the appreciation that it experiences in its main growing area is opposed to widespread rejection outside of it.

The Trollinger Marathon has been held annually in Heilbronn since 2001 .

Cultivation

In 2007, 2504 hectares (2.5% of the German vineyard area) were planted with the Trollinger grape variety in Germany . In 1999, 2530 hectares were surveyed. With a total of 2,469 hectares, almost all of Germany's stock is in the Württemberg wine-growing region . In this wine-growing region, the grape variety accounts for 21.4% of the local grape variety.

The vineyards in Germany were distributed among the individual growing areas in 2007 as follows:

Wine region Vineyards (hectares)
Ahr -
to bathe 22nd
Francs -
Hessian mountain road -
Middle Rhine -
Moselle -
Near -
Palatinate 5
Rheingau -
Rheinhessen 7th
Saale-Unstrut below 0.5
Saxony below 0.5
Stargarder Land -
Württemberg 2469
Germany 2007 2504

Source: Vineyard statistics from March 13, 2008, Federal Statistical Office , Wiesbaden 2008 in: Descriptive list of varieties of the Federal Plant Variety Office 2008. P. 198ff.

For more information on cultivation areas, see the Trollinger grape variety and Vernatsch .

Synonyms

Due to its earlier widespread distribution, especially as a table grape, the Trollinger is known by at least 183 names: see list at Trollinger (grape variety) .

literature

  • Hans Ambrosi , Bernd HE Hill, Erika Maul, Ernst H. Rühl, Joachim Schmid, Fritz Schumann: color atlas grape varieties. 300 varieties and their wines. 3rd, completely revised edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-8001-5957-4 .
  • Horst Dippel (ed.): The wine lexicon. Special edition. Gondrom, Bindlach 1994, ISBN 3-8112-1114-5 .
  • Pierre Galet : Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages. Hachette, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-01-236331-8 .
  • Christine Krämer: Grape varieties in Württemberg: origin, introduction, distribution and the quality of wines from the late Middle Ages to the 19th century . Tübingen building blocks for regional history 7. Ostfildern: Thorbecke, 2006.
  • Otto Linsenmaier : The Trollinger and his relatives . Society for the history of wine writings on the history of wine 92. Wiesbaden: Society for the history of wine, 1989.
  • Jancis Robinson : The Oxford Wine Lexicon. 3rd, completely revised edition. Hallwag, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-8338-0691-9 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Statistics 2008/2009. (PDF; 443 kB) German Wine Institute , 2008, archived from the original on March 23, 2012 ; Retrieved September 22, 2012 .
  2. ↑ Statistics 2004/2005. (PDF; 758 kB) German Wine Institute, 2004, archived from the original on September 20, 2009 ; Retrieved September 22, 2012 .
  3. ↑ Descriptive list of varieties of the Federal Plant Variety Office 2008. (PDF; 507 kB) Retrieved on September 22, 2012 .

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