red grape · regional staple
Schiava
Alto Adige (South Tyrol), Italy
Say it
skyah·vah
Italian 'sch' = English 'sk', not 'sh'; stress on the first syllable
On the palate
strawberryraspberryred cherryvioletrosealmond
How you spot it blind: bitter almond finish lifting pale, delicate red-berry fruit
The story
First written down · 1370, Kaltern (Caldaro), South Tyrol
DNA analysis confirmed Schiava Grossa as a parent of Muscat of Hamburg, and as Trollinger it was crossed with Riesling in Württemberg in 1929 to produce Kerner.
Where it lives
Alto Adige / Südtirol, Italy · Württemberg, Germany (as Trollinger) · Trentino, Italy
Shows up as
still redroséSanta MaddalenaLago di Caldaro / Kalterersee
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Also answers to Trollinger, Vernatsch.
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