red grape · regional staple
Dornfelder
Weinsberg, Württemberg, Germany
Say it
dorn·fel·der
On the palate
Body
medium full
Acidity
medium
Tannin
medium minus
Aromatics
medium
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How you spot it blind: deep purple color with soft tannins unusually rich for German red wine
The story
First written down · 1955, Weinsberg, Germany
Bred in 1955 by August Herold at Weinsberg to add color to pale German reds; approved for commercial cultivation in 1979.
Family tree: Helfensteiner × Heroldrebe
Where it lives
Rheinhessen · Pfalz · Württemberg
Shows up as
still redrosésweet