Heroldrebe is a red

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produced by crossing Blauer Portugieser and Lemberger. It was created by August Herold at the grape breeding institute in

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in the

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region in 1929, and was named after him. One of Heroldrebe's drawbacks is its relatively late ripening; it is harvested at about the same time as Pinot noir. Heroldrebe was grown on a total of in Germany in 2008, with a decreasing trend. There were in Palatinate, in

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, and in

. In Palatinate it is typically used to produce light, almost pinkish, colored wines. J. Robinson ''Jancis Robinson's Wine Course'' Third Edition pg 140 Abbeville Press 2003

Synonyms

The only synonyms of Heroldrebe is its breeding code We S 130 or Weinsberg S 130.

Offspring

Heroldrebe was later crossed with Helfensteiner by Herold to produce

Dornfelder Dornfelder is a dark-skinned variety of grape of German origin used for red wine.

, which has become the most widely planted of the grape varieties created by Herold. Hegel is also Helfensteiner × Heroldrebe.

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