Tuesday, 5 June 2012

A German red made from Regent

Regent is an interspecific hybrid bred in 1967 by crossing Diana (Silvaner x Muller-Thurgau) with the interspecific hybrid Chambourcin. It was only released for planting as late as 1996. An important new fungal resistant variety, Regent gives deeply coloured wines with moderate acidity and a tendency to high tannins and must weights. They can aromas of cherry and blackcurrants and it can also take to some degree of barrique aging. This was an extra wine in a German wine tasting at the fringes of the recent Vinexpo. Purple ruby with a sweet jammy berry nose, the sweet berry fruit (with hint of jam) carried through to the palate accompanied by acid right through to the finish. No much evidence of tannins in this example!

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