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{{Short description|Variety of grape}}
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'''Zierfandler''' is a [[grape]] variety used to make white wine in the [[Thermenregion]] of [[Austrian wine|Austria]]. It is also known as '''Spätrot''' ("late red") because it turns red just before harvest time.<ref> Wines From Austria [http://www.winesfromaustria.com/adventuretour/winerap_s.html Austria wine grapes]</ref> It is traditionally blended with [[Rotgipfler]] but is increasingly being sold as a single varietal wine. Zierfandler wines are typically elegant and quite sweet, but with lots of balancing acidity and a nutty bouquet of pistachios and almonds. They are capable of ageing well.
'''Zierfandler''' is a [[grape]] variety used to make white wine in the [[Thermenregion]] of [[Austrian wine|Austria]]. It is also known as '''Spätrot''' ("late red") because it turns red just before harvest time.<ref>Wines From Austria [http://www.winesfromaustria.com/adventuretour/winerap_s.html Austria wine grapes] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513051521/http://www.winesfromaustria.com/adventuretour/winerap_s.html |date=May 13, 2008 }}</ref> It is traditionally blended with [[Rotgipfler]] but is increasingly being sold as a varietal wine. Zierfandler wines are typically elegant and quite sweet, but with much balancing acidity and a nutty bouquet of pistachios and almonds. They are capable of ageing well.


==History==
==History==
Zierfandler is probably a cross between [[Roter Veltliner]] and something like [[Traminer]].<ref name="Austriastats">[http://www.winesfromaustria.com/data/doku2005/docu2005_chapter1.pdf Documentation Austrian Wine 2005]</ref> A "weiss" (white) form is found in Hungary.<ref name="VIVC"/>
Zierfandler is probably a cross between [[Roter Veltliner]] and something like [[Traminer]].<ref name="Austriastats">[http://www.winesfromaustria.com/data/doku2005/docu2005_chapter1.pdf Documentation Austrian Wine 2005] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927135609/http://www.winesfromaustria.com/data/doku2005/docu2005_chapter1.pdf |date=September 27, 2007 }}</ref> A "weiss" (white) form is found in Hungary.<ref name="VIVC"/>


Zierfandler may be the inadvertent origin of the name [[Zinfandel]], which has its roots in a Croatian grape collected by the [[Habsburg monarchy]] in Vienna. George Gibbs, a horticulturist on [[Long Island]], received several shipments of vines from the Imperial nursery in the 1820s, one of which he called "Black Zinfardel of Hungary".<ref name="Sullivan">{{cite book | last = Sullivan| first = Charles L | title = Zinfandel: A History of a Grape and Its Wine | publisher = [[University of California Press]] | date = 2003-09-02 | location = Berkeley | pages = 167–175 | isbn = 978-0-520-23969-2 }} [http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/10047/10047.ch02.pdf Chapter 2]</ref> This doesn't correspond to any known grape, but Webster suggests that Zinfandel is a corruption of ''tzinifándli'' (''czirifandli''), a Hungarian word derived from the German word Zierfandler.<ref>[http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/zinfandel Zinfandel etymology] Merriam-Webster</ref> Since Zierfandler is very different from Zinfandel, someone must have mixed up labels along the way.
Zierfandler may be the inadvertent origin of the name [[Zinfandel]], which has its roots in a Croatian grape collected by the [[Habsburg monarchy]] in Vienna. George Gibbs, a horticulturist on [[Long Island]], received several shipments of vines from the Imperial nursery in the 1820s, one of which he called "Black Zinfardel of Hungary".<ref name="Sullivan">{{cite book | last = Sullivan | first = Charles L | title = Zinfandel: A History of a Grape and Its Wine | publisher = [[University of California Press]] | date = 2003-09-02 | location = Berkeley | pages = [https://archive.org/details/zinfandelhistory00sull/page/167 167–175] | isbn = 978-0-520-23969-2 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/zinfandelhistory00sull/page/167 }} [http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/10047/10047.ch02.pdf Chapter 2]</ref> This doesn't correspond to any known grape, but Webster suggests that Zinfandel is a corruption of ''tzinifándli'' (''czirifandli''), a Hungarian word derived from the German word Zierfandler.<ref>[http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/zinfandel Zinfandel etymology] Merriam-Webster</ref> Since Zierfandler is very different from Zinfandel, someone would have had to have mixed up labels along the way.


==Distribution and wines==
==Distribution and wines==
There were 98.24ha in Austria in 2005, less than 0.3% of Austria vineyards, of which 85.03ha were in [[Thermenregion]].<ref name="Austriastats" /> It is traditionally blended with [[Rotgipfler]] in that region. These wines, known as [[Spätrot-Rotgipfler]],<ref name="Austriastats" /> are a particular speciality of [[Gumpoldskirchen]], south of Vienna.
There were 98.24ha in Austria in 2005, less than 0.3% of Austria vineyards, of which 85.03ha were in [[Thermenregion]].<ref name="Austriastats" /> It is traditionally blended with [[Rotgipfler]] in that region. These wines, known as [[Spätrot-Rotgipfler]],<ref name="Austriastats" /> are a particular speciality of [[Gumpoldskirchen]], south of Vienna.


It is grown in Hungary under the name Cirfandli and in Slovenia as Zerjavina.
It is grown in Hungary under the name Cirfandli and in Slovenia as Zerjavina.
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==Synonyms==
==Synonyms==
Cilifai, Cilifan, Cirfandli, Cirifai, Cirifai Piros, Cirifan, Gumpoldskirchener, Gumpoldskirchener Spätrot, Gumpoldskirchener Spätroth, Kesoei Piros, Kirmizi Zierfahndler, Nemes Cirfandli, Piros Cirfandli, Piroscirfandli, Raifler, Reifler Rot, Roter Raifler, Roter Reifler, Roter Zierfandler, Roth Hensch, Rother Raifler, Rother Zierfahndler, Rothhinschen, Rothreifler, Rotreifler, Rubiner, Spätrot, Zerjavina and Zierfandler Rot<ref name="VIVC">{{cite web | last =Maul | first =Erika | authorlink = | coauthors = Töpfer, Reinhard; Eibach, Rudolf | title = Vitis International Variety Catalogue | work = | publisher = Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof (IRZ), Siebeldingen, Germany | date = 2007 | url = http://www.vivc.de | format = | doi = | accessdate = 2007-12-19}}</ref>
Cilifai, Cilifan, Cirfandli, Cirifai, Cirifai Piros, Cirifan, Gumpoldskirchener, Gumpoldskirchener Spätrot, Gumpoldskirchener Spätroth, Kesoei Piros, Kirmizi Zierfahndler, Nemes Cirfandli, Piros Cirfandli, Piroscirfandli, Raifler, Reifler Rot, Roter Raifler, Roter Reifler, Roter Zierfandler, Roth Hensch, Rother Raifler, Rother Zierfahndler, Rothhinschen, Rothreifler, Rotreifler, Rubiner, Spätrot, Zerjavina and Zierfandler Rot.<ref name="VIVC">{{cite web | last =Maul | first =Erika |author2=Töpfer, Reinhard |author3=Eibach, Rudolf | title = Vitis International Variety Catalogue | publisher = Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof (IRZ), Siebeldingen, Germany | date = 2007 | url = http://www.vivc.de | access-date = 2007-12-19}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* {{cite book | last = Robinson | first = Jancis | authorlink = Jancis Robinson | title = Vines, Grapes and Wines: The Wine Drinker's Guide to Grape Varieties | publisher = Mitchell Beazley | date = 1992 | location = | pages = | id = ISBN 978-1-85732-999-5}}
* {{cite book | last = Robinson | first = Jancis | author-link = Jancis Robinson | title = Vines, Grapes and Wines: The Wine Drinker's Guide to Grape Varieties | publisher = Mitchell Beazley | date = 1992 | isbn = 978-1-85732-999-5}}
* {{cite book
* {{cite book
| last = Robinson
| last = Robinson
| first = Jancis
| first = Jancis
| authorlink = Jancis Robinson
| author-link = Jancis Robinson
| title = The Oxford Companion to Wine, third edition
| title = The Oxford Companion to Wine, third edition
| publisher = Oxford University Press
| publisher = Oxford University Press
| date = 2006
| date = 2006
| location =
| pages =
| id = 978-0198609902}}
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For another wine grape that is also known as Zierfandler, see Silvaner.
Zierfandler
Grape (Vitis)
SpeciesVitis vinifera
Also calledSpätrot, Cirfandli (more)
OriginAustria
Notable regionsThermenregion
Notable winesSpätrot-Rotgipfler
VIVC number13443

Zierfandler is a grape variety used to make white wine in the Thermenregion of Austria. It is also known as Spätrot ("late red") because it turns red just before harvest time.[1] It is traditionally blended with Rotgipfler but is increasingly being sold as a varietal wine. Zierfandler wines are typically elegant and quite sweet, but with much balancing acidity and a nutty bouquet of pistachios and almonds. They are capable of ageing well.

History

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Zierfandler is probably a cross between Roter Veltliner and something like Traminer.[2] A "weiss" (white) form is found in Hungary.[3]

Zierfandler may be the inadvertent origin of the name Zinfandel, which has its roots in a Croatian grape collected by the Habsburg monarchy in Vienna. George Gibbs, a horticulturist on Long Island, received several shipments of vines from the Imperial nursery in the 1820s, one of which he called "Black Zinfardel of Hungary".[4] This doesn't correspond to any known grape, but Webster suggests that Zinfandel is a corruption of tzinifándli (czirifandli), a Hungarian word derived from the German word Zierfandler.[5] Since Zierfandler is very different from Zinfandel, someone would have had to have mixed up labels along the way.

Distribution and wines

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There were 98.24ha in Austria in 2005, less than 0.3% of Austria vineyards, of which 85.03ha were in Thermenregion.[2] It is traditionally blended with Rotgipfler in that region. These wines, known as Spätrot-Rotgipfler,[2] are a particular speciality of Gumpoldskirchen, south of Vienna.

It is grown in Hungary under the name Cirfandli and in Slovenia as Zerjavina.

Vine and viticulture

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The characteristic of the grapes is the way the sides exposed to the sun turns red as they ripen. Zierfandler ripens late, and is prone to noble rot. The leaves are large and 3-5 lobed. The bunches are large, conical and sometimes winged.

Synonyms

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Cilifai, Cilifan, Cirfandli, Cirifai, Cirifai Piros, Cirifan, Gumpoldskirchener, Gumpoldskirchener Spätrot, Gumpoldskirchener Spätroth, Kesoei Piros, Kirmizi Zierfahndler, Nemes Cirfandli, Piros Cirfandli, Piroscirfandli, Raifler, Reifler Rot, Roter Raifler, Roter Reifler, Roter Zierfandler, Roth Hensch, Rother Raifler, Rother Zierfahndler, Rothhinschen, Rothreifler, Rotreifler, Rubiner, Spätrot, Zerjavina and Zierfandler Rot.[3]

See also

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Notes and references

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  1. ^ Wines From Austria Austria wine grapes Archived May 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b c Documentation Austrian Wine 2005 Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b Maul, Erika; Töpfer, Reinhard; Eibach, Rudolf (2007). "Vitis International Variety Catalogue". Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof (IRZ), Siebeldingen, Germany. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
  4. ^ Sullivan, Charles L (2003-09-02). Zinfandel: A History of a Grape and Its Wine. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 167–175. ISBN 978-0-520-23969-2. Chapter 2
  5. ^ Zinfandel etymology Merriam-Webster

Further reading

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