Trollinger

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Trollinger (or Schiava) is a light-red, late-maturing wine variety that was originally cultivated in South Tyrol or the Trentino.

It probably reached the southern regions of Germany during Roman times. The variety is first mentioned under that name in fourteenth century documents, for example Martin Luther drank it according to a report of the papal legate Alexander around 1520. In the 1960s, it was crossed with the white grape Riesling to produced the cross Kerner. ^[1]

Today it is almost exclusively cultivated on steep, sunny locations in the Württemberg region of Baden-Württemberg.

[edit] Footnotes

^ Stuart Walton, Understanding, Choosing and Enjoying Wine Hermes House 2006, p. 181

Wines

v • d • e

Wine styles	Red/White \| Rosé/Blush \| Sparkling \| Dessert \| Fortified \| Fruit \| Ice Wine
Well known wines/regions	Amarone \| Asti \| Barolo \| Beaujolais \| Bordeaux \| Burgundy \| Chablis \| Champagne \| Chianti \| Dão \| Egri Bikavér (Bull's Blood) \| Madeira \| Marsala \| Port \| Retsina \| Rioja \| Rhône \| Sancerre \| Sauternes \| Sherry \| Tokaji \| Valpolicella \| Vermouth \| Vinho Verde \| Vouvray
Well known Varietal grapes	Red — Cabernet Franc \| Cabernet Sauvignon \| Carmenère \| Charbono \| Gamay \| Grenache \| Malbec \| Merlot \| Muscadine \| Négrette \| Petit verdot \| Petite sirah \| Pinotage \| Pinot Noir \| Sangiovese \| Syrah/Shiraz \| Tempranillo \| Valdiguié \| Zinfandel/primitivo White — Albariño \| Chardonnay \| Chenin Blanc \| Gewürztraminer \| Muscat \| Pinot Blanc \| Pinot Gris/Grigio \| Riesling \| Sauvignon blanc \| Sémillon \| Viognier
See Also	List of grape varieties \| List of wine-producing regions