grape
A grape is a fruit, botanically a berry, of the deciduous woody vines of the flowering plant genus ''Vitis''. Grapes are a non- climacteric type of fruit, generally occurring in clusters.
The cultivation of grapes began approximately 8,0 ...
used for
wine
Wine is an alcoholic drink made from Fermentation in winemaking, fermented fruit. Yeast in winemaking, Yeast consumes the sugar in the fruit and converts it to ethanol and carbon dioxide, releasing heat in the process. Wine is most often made f ...
. It was created 1939 by
Heinrich Birk
Heinrich Birk (1898 – 1973) was a German viticulturist. He was head of the Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute, in Geisenheim, in Germany's Rheingau region. Heinrich Birk studied philosophy at the University of Giessen after his initial graduatio ...
(1898-1973) at the
Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute
The Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute was founded in 1872 and is located in the town of Geisenheim, in Germany's Rheingau region. In 1876 Swiss-born professor Hermann Müller joined the institute, where he developed his namesake grape variety ...
by crossing two clones of
Riesling
Riesling ( , ) is a white grape variety that originated in the Rhine region. Riesling is an aromatic grape variety displaying flowery, almost perfumed, aromas as well as high acidity. It is used to make dry, semi-sweet, sweet, and sparkling ...
, clone 88 and clone 64.Vitis International Variety Catalogue: Arnsburger accessed on May 31, 2009 Arnsburger did not receive varietal protection until 1984. It was named after
Arnsburg Abbey
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, a ruin of a
Cistercian
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abbey in
Wetterau
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, as a homage of the importance of Cistercians in the history of
German wine
German wine is primarily produced in the west of Germany, along the river Rhine and its tributaries, with the oldest plantations going back to the Celts and Ancient Rome, Roman eras. Approximately 60 percent of German wine is produced in the st ...
.
Plantations of Arnsburger is very small. Other than in Germany, small plantation on
Madeira
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, in
Italy
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and on
New Zealand
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are known.
Arnsburger has low susceptibility to
gray rot
''Botrytis cinerea'' is a necrotrophic fungus that affects many plant species, although its most notable hosts may be List of grape varieties, wine grapes. In viticulture, it is commonly known as "botrytis bunch rot"; in horticulture, it is usual ...
, a fruitiness similar to Riesling. It gives higher yields than
Müller-Thurgau
Müller-Thurgau () is a white grape variety (sp. ''Vitis vinifera'') which was created by Hermann Müller from the Swiss Canton of Thurgau in 1882 at the Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute in Germany. It is a crossing of Riesling with Made ...
but lower
must weight Must weight is a measure of the amount of sugar in grape juice (must) and, hence, indicates the amount of alcohol that could be produced if it is all fermented to alcohol, rather than left as residual sugar.
Arnsburg was used as a crossing partner for
Saphira
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