Tarrango is a red
grape variety
This list of grape varieties includes cultivated grapes, whether used for wine, or eating as a table grape, fresh or dried (raisin, currant, sultana). For a complete list of all grape species including those unimportant to agriculture, see Vit ...
used in
Australian wine
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production. This slow-ripening grape was created in 1965 by the
CSIRO
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CSIRO works with leading organisations around the world. From its headquarters in Canberra, CSIRO ...
Horticultural Research Station at
Merbein
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in
Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
,
Australia, as a hybrid of
Touriga Nacional
Touriga Nacional is a variety of red wine grape, considered by many to be Portugal's finest. Despite the low yields from its small grapes, it plays a big part in the blends used for ports, and is increasingly being used for table wine in the Dou ...
and
Sultana
Sultana or Sultanah may refer to:
Plants
* Sultana (grape), a "white" oval seedless grape variety
* A type of raisin
Animals
* ''Sultana'' (gastropod), a genus of air-breathing land snails
* Western swamphen (also sultana bird), a "swamp hen" ...
in order to create wines of good
acidity
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, but low in
tannin
Tannins (or tannoids) are a class of astringent, polyphenolic biomolecules that bind to and precipitate proteins and various other organic compounds including amino acids and alkaloids.
The term ''tannin'' (from Anglo-Norman ''tanner ...
. Its wines are often similar to
Beaujolais
Beaujolais ( , ) is a French '' Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée'' (AOC) wine generally made of the Gamay grape, which has a thin skin and is low in tannins. Like most AOC wines they are not labeled varietally. Whites from the region, which ...
in style. Requiring an unusually warm climate, it is principally grown in the wine-producing areas of northern
Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
.
Brown Brothers has been the most prominent producer since the 1980s,
"Tarrango Wine"
Wine-Searcher, ''circa'' 2021. Accessed 2021-02-07. selling ''Tarrango'' as a rosé
A rosé () is a type of wine that incorporates some of the color from the grape skins, but not enough to qualify it as a red wine. It may be the oldest known type of wine, as it is the most straightforward to make with the skin contact metho ...
.
See also
*Cienna
Cienna is a red Australian wine grape variety first harvested in 2000. It is a mix between the Spanish wine grape Sumoll and Cabernet Sauvignon grape.
This grape was initially created in 1972 by CSIRO. The aim was to produce high quality grapes s ...
, another Australian wine grape variety bred by CSIRO and notably commercialised by Brown Brothers
* Mystique, another Australian wine grape variety bred by CSIRO and notably commercialised by Brown Brothers
*Taminga
Taminga is white Australian wine grape variety that was developed in the late 20th century by viticulturalist and grape breeder Alan J. Antcliff at CSIRO. It is a cross of a previously created crossing Merbein 29-56 and the ''Vitis vinifera'' va ...
, another Australian wine grape variety bred by CSIRO to maintain acidity in the warm Australian climate
References
Red wine grape varieties
CSIRO
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