Blaufränkisch
Sign in to saveAlso known as Kékfrankos, Lemberger, Kekfrankos
Blaufränkisch (; German for blue Frankish) is a dark-skinned variety of grape used for red wine. Blaufränkisch, which is a late-ripening variety, produces red wines which are typically rich in tannin and may exhibit a pronounced spicy character.
Key facts
- Grape variety.name
- Blaufränkisch
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- Blaufränkisch grapes growing in Burgenland, Austria
- Grape variety.species
- Vitis vinifera
- Grape variety.also_called
- modra frankinja, Lemberger, Blauer Limberger, Frankovka (Franconia), Kékfrankos, Gamé
- Grape variety.pedigree0
- Gouais blanc (Weißer Heunisch; male parent) × Blaue Zimmettraube
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- Gouais blanc
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- Blaue Zimmettraube
- Grape variety.origin
- Lower Styria (now part of Slovenia)
- Grape variety.regions
- Sopron, Villány, Szekszárd and Eger
- Grape variety.notable_wines
- Egri Bikavér
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- History and origins
- Viticulture
- Wine regions
- Austria
- Districtus Austriae Controllatus and wine styles
- Other European wine regions
- New World wine regions
- Washington Lemberger
- Wines and food pairings
- Offspring and relationship to other varieties
- Synonyms
- References
Blaufränkisch (; German for blue Frankish) is a dark-skinned variety of grape used for red wine. Blaufränkisch, which is a late-ripening variety, produces red wines which are typically rich in tannin and may exhibit a pronounced spicy character.
The grape is grown across Central Europe, including Austria, the Czech Republic (in particular southern Moravia where it is known as Frankovka), Germany, Slovakia (where it is known as Frankovka modrá), Croatia, Serbia (frankovka), Slovenia (known as modra frankinja), and Italy (Franconia). In Hungary the grape is called Kékfrankos (also lit. blue Frankish) and is grown in a number of wine regions including Sopron, Villány, Szekszárd, and Eger (where it is a major ingredient in the famous red wine blend known as Egri Bikavér (lit. Bull's Blood) having largely replaced the Kadarka grape). It has been called "the Pinot noir of the East" because of its spread and reputation in Eastern Europe. In America the grape is also known as Lemberger, Blauer Limberger or Blue Limberger and grown in Pennsylvania, Washington state, Michigan, New Jersey, Idaho, New York, Colorado, Ohio, Virginia. and California,
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Blaufränkisch” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.