Life Style / Wine Grapes / Spätrot: Has many synonym names including Zierfandler in Austria, Cirfandli in Hungary and Zirifahnler. Adapts best to sandy soils but reported to have minimal tolerance of drought conditions. Ripening very late in season this pink-skinned berry producing variety is susceptible to various rot diseases. Widely grown in Austria, the juice is mainly used to create full bodied white wines often blended with Rotgipfler grapewine to make the popular 'Gumpoldskirchen' village wines. As a varietal it is often used to create late-harvest sweet wines having perfumed, spicy aromas. Develops well with age. Vine is reported to have minimal tolerance of drought conditions.
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