Ehrenfelser

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Variety of grape

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::summary Variety of grape ::

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Field	Value
name	Ehrenfelser
color	Blanc
image	RhineValley_BurgEhrenfels.JPG
caption	The ruins of Burg Ehrenfels, from which the Ehrenfelser grape takes its name, amidst vineyards in Rüdesheim
species	Vitis vinifera
also_called	Geisenheim 9-93
origin	Geisenheim, Rheingau, Germany
hazards
vivc_number	3847
pedigree1	Riesling
pedigree2	Knipperlé
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Ehrenfelser is a white wine grape variety of German origin. It was created by Dr. Heinrich Birk (1898-1973) at the Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute in 1929, by crossing Riesling with what was thought at the time to be Silvaner, but DNA markers have since indicated it was the Alsace variety Knipperlé.{{cite web | url = http://www.vivc.de?r=passport/view&id=3847 | title = Vitis International Variety Catalogue: Ehrenfelser | accessdate = 22 October 2018 | encyclopedia = Wein-Plus Glossary | url = https://glossary.wein-plus.eu/ehrenfelser | title = Ehrenfelser | editor-last = Tischelmayer | editor-first = Norbert | accessdate = 22 January 2013

Ehrenfelser was first grown primarily in the Palatinate and Rheinhessen regions in Germany,{{cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = Encyclopedia of Grapes | title = Ehrenfelser | editor-last1 = Clarke | editor-first1 = Oz | editor-link1 = Oz Clarke | page = 88 | publisher = Harcourt Books | date = 2001 | isbn = 0-15-100714-4

Ehrenfelser has found some success outside Germany, mainly in Canada, in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia. Wineries including Cedar Creek, Lake Breeze, Gray Monk, Gehringer Brothers, Mount Boucherie, Quails' Gate and Summerhill make both still and ice wine styles. There have also been smaller plantings in Washington state, Canterbury (New Zealand) and Australia The grape tends to ripen earlier and produce higher yields than Riesling.

The variety normally consistently produces grapes of at least Kabinett level ripeness and tends to produce well in vineyards where Riesling has difficulties.

Ehrenfelser derives its name from the Burg Ehrenfels ruins located on the Rhine near Rüdesheim. It is also known under the synonym Geisenheim 9-93.

Ehrenfelser was crossed with Reichensteiner to create Ehrenbreitsteiner.

References

[http://www.deutscheweine.de/icc/Internet-DE/med/1a6/1a64f607-a3e5-5117-3d28-952196117f51,11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111.pdf German Wine Institute: German Wine Statistics 2007-2008] {{webarchive. link. (September 20, 2008)
[http://www.deutscheweine.de/icc/Internet-DE/med/00f/00f51f4e-0098-401b-e592-6461d7937aae,11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111.pdf German Wine Institute: German Wine Statistics 2004-2005] {{webarchive. link. (2009-09-20)
Known planting at [http://www.everymanandhisdogvineyard.com Every Man and His Dog Vineyard] in [[Tasmania]].
[[Robert Irvine]] & [[Walter Clore]], ''The Wine Project'', pg 435 Sketch Publications 1997 {{ISBN. 0-9650834-9-7
[[Jancis Robinson]], ''Vines, Grapes & Wine'', pg 252 Octopus Publishing 1986 {{ISBN. 978-1-85732-999-5

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