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Scheurebe
Scheurebe is a white wine grape variety primarily grown in Germany and Austria, where, as well as in some parts of the New World, it is often referred to as Sämling 88 . Scheurebe wines are highly aromatic, and the variety was previously often used for sweet wines, although dry Scheurebe wines have now become much more common in Germany.
Scheurebe was created by German viticulturist Dr. Georg Scheu (1879-1949) in 1916, when he was working as director of a grape breeding institute in Alzey in Rheinhessen, by crossing Riesling with an unknown wild vine. According to the German grape developer, Helmut Becker, Scheu's purpose was to create a superior version of Silvaner, with more aroma and greater resistance to frost damage and chlorosis. It was long assumed that Scheurebe was Silvaner crossed with Riesling, but DNA analysis in the late 1990s ruled out Silvaner as a parent, while confirming Riesling as the father. It is known that Scheu was working on wild vines, so it is possible that a misidentification of the cross took place.
Scheurebe is a white wine grape variety primarily grown in Germany and Austria, where, as well as in some parts of the New World, it is often referred to as Sämling 88 . Scheurebe wines are highly aromatic, and the variety was previously often used for sweet wines, although dry Scheurebe wines have now become much more common in Germany.
Scheurebe was created by German viticulturist Dr. Georg Scheu (1879-1949) in 1916, when he was working as director of a grape breeding institute in Alzey in Rheinhessen, by crossing Riesling with an unknown wild vine. According to the German grape developer, Helmut Becker, Scheu's purpose was to create a superior version of Silvaner, with more aroma and greater resistance to frost damage and chlorosis. It was long assumed that Scheurebe was Silvaner crossed with Riesling, but DNA analysis in the late 1990s ruled out Silvaner as a parent, while confirming Riesling as the father. It is known that Scheu was working on wild vines, so it is possible that a misidentification of the cross took place.
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Seedling (in German Sämling) number 88 was simply Scheu's serial number for the vine plant selected for its properties. It was named in Scheu's honour in 1945. The 'rebe' suffix is simply the German word for vine. Scheurebe received varietal protection and was released for general cultivation in Germany in 1956, after Scheu's death.
When produced from fully ripe grapes, Scheurebe wines are dominated by rich blackcurrant aromas, supplemented by grapefruit. Well made, dry Scheurebe wines can be quite full-bodied, but dry wines made from not fully ripe grapes tend to be dominated by the grapefruit component. Well made, sweet Scheurebe wines can show intense aromas of blood grape and honey.
It has been pointed out that Scheurebe retains quite a bit of Riesling character, although it is somewhat less acidic, and can tend to be blunt Just as with Riesling, its wines tend to show terroir variation, and it has been called the single, new, white breed variety of German origin, whixh deserves serious attention for the quality of its wines.
When produced from fully ripe grapes, Scheurebe wines are dominated by rich blackcurrant aromas, supplemented by grapefruit. Well made, dry Scheurebe wines can be quite full-bodied, but dry wines made from not fully ripe grapes tend to be dominated by the grapefruit component. Well made, sweet Scheurebe wines can show intense aromas of blood grape and honey.
It has been pointed out that Scheurebe retains quite a bit of Riesling character, although it is somewhat less acidic, and can tend to be blunt Just as with Riesling, its wines tend to show terroir variation, and it has been called the single, new, white breed variety of German origin, whixh deserves serious attention for the quality of its wines.
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