Kéknyelű

For another Hungarian wine grape also known as Keknyelu, see Furmint.
Keknyelű grape cluster

Kéknyelű is a white Hungarian wine grape planted primarily in the Badacsony wine region near Lake Balaton. The grape produces full bodied, smokey wines.[1]

It was assumed to be identical with the Italian grape variety Picolit.[2] But in 2006 isoenzymes and microsatellite analyses have confirmed that this two cultivars are different.[3]

References

  1. J. Robinson Jancis Robinson's Wine Course Third Edition pg 112 Abbeville Press 2003 ISBN 0-7892-0883-0
  2. Picolit, Vitis International Variety Catalogue, accessed 2010-12-03
  3. [Discrimination of the grapevine cultivars ‘Picolit’ and ‘Kéknyelű’ with molecular markers]