Vibrant color, red fruit in nose and palate. Very curious grape.
WINE DETAILS:
Grape: Regent
Alcohol: 12.3%
Wine: RM Wijnhoeve De Heikant
Vintage: 2013
Winery: RM Wijnhoeve De Heikant
Country/Region: Groesbeek, Netherlands
Date: 1/19/20
Distributor: N/A
Notes: Vibrant color, red fruit in nose and palate.
Nerd Alert: Created in 1967 by Professor Gerhardt Alleweldt at the Geilweilerhof Institute for Grape Breeding by crossing Diana, a Silvaner x Müller-Thurgau cross and thus a Vitis vinifera variety, with the interspecific hybrid Chambourcin. Received varietal protection in 1994. It is at present among the most important new fungal-resistant quality grape variety world-wide.
Personal Note: I have to thank a good friend of mine for the opportunity to try this grape. For his birthday he invited some friends and we did an around the world tasting for less traveled grapes and wines and we tried some really curious things. Unfortunately most will not appear here because either they had a low % of rare grapes or they were blends or of grapes I’ve already covered. Nonetheless, a few made this list. This grape did not leave me enamored but it would have left quite a few people scratching their heads had I served this as a ringer in a blind tasting.
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