white grape · regional specialty
Traminer
Tramin (Termeno), South Tyrol, Italy
Say it
tram·in·er
English stress falls on first syllable; standard German shifts it to second: trah-MEE-ner
On the palate
Body
medium full
Acidity
medium minus
Aromatics
medium
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How you spot it blind: Floral-dried-fruit richness at lower aromatic intensity than its Gewürztraminer mutation
The story
First written down · 13th century, Tramin, South Tyrol
DNA analysis confirmed Traminer (= Savagnin) as one parent of Grüner Veltliner, making this non-aromatic white among Europe's most genetically influential grapes.
Where it lives
Klöch and Steiermark, Austria · Burgenland, Austria · Alto Adige, Italy · Alsace, France · Valais, Switzerland
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