red grape · rare
Dunaj
Modra, Slovakia
Say it
doo·nigh
Slovak stress always falls on the first syllable; the 'aj' ending sounds like English 'eye'
On the palate
black cherryblack plumblackberryblack currantchocolateblack pepper
How you spot it blind: dark-colored Slovak red with velvety tannins and plum-chocolate depth
The story
First written down · 1958, Modra, Slovakia
Bred in 1958 by Dorota Pospíšilová at the Vine Research Institute in Modra from a cross of (Muškát Bouchet × Blauer Portugieser) × Sankt Laurent; officially registered in Slovakia in 1997.
Family tree: (Muscat Bouschet × Oporto) × Svaetovavrinecke
Where it lives
Južnoslovenská (South Slovak) wine region, Slovakia · Malokarpatská (Little Carpathians) wine region, Slovakia
Shows up as
still red