20.2 Wine 909Table 20.10.Important German grape cultivars
Cultivar Wine Acidb Must Matura- Yielde Comments about winef
typea weightc tion
charac-
teristicsd
White wine cultivars
Auxerrois 2 2 4 3 A vivacious wine with distinquished
bouquet
Bacchus M 2 2 3 3 Flowery with a muscat note fra-
grance
Burgundy, white S 3 2 4 A full-bodied wine, pleasantly aro-
matic and more neutral as Rulaender
Ehrenfelser R 2 2 5 2 Fruity, mildly acidic, a Riesling-like
wine
Elbling, white S 3 1 6 3 A light wine, devoid of rounded body
and bouquet
Faber M 2 2 3 A refined, refreshing and fruity fla-
vored wine
Gutedel, white M 1 1 3 3 Light wine, pleasing and captivating,
mildly aromatic
Huxelrebe T 2 2 2 3 A mellow wine with muscat-like
bouquet
Kerner R 2 2 4 2 A refreshing wine with a fine
Riesling-like bouquet
Morio-Muscat B 2 1 3 3 A wine with strong captivating mus-
cat aroma
Mueller-Thurgau M 2 1 2 3 Mild and refreshing wine with fine
muscat flavor
Muscatel-yellow B 2 2 5 1–2 A superior wine with a strong
muscat-like aroma
Muscat-Ottonel B 2 2 2 A pleasing wine with a strong refined
muscat bouquet
Nobling S 2 2 2 2 A full-bodied wine with a fruity fla-
vor and fine bouquet
Optima A 2 3 2 2 A refined, captivating wine with
a fragrant aroma
Ortega B 2 3 1 1 A wine with refined peach-like
aroma
Perle T 1 2 3 3 A mellow wine with flowery bouquet
Riesling, white R 3 1 5 2 A superior refreshing and pleasing
wine, with a fruity and flowery flavor
Rulaender
(grey burgundy)
T 2 2 3 3 A body-rich wine with burning and
passionate perception, and a pleasing
bouquet
Scheurebe T 3 2 4 3 A strong fruity flavored body-rich
wine with a bouquet reminiscent of
black currants
Siegerrebe B 1 3 1 1 A wine with highly intensive refined
bouquet
Sylvaner, green S 2 1 4 3 A mellow pleasing wine with a deli-
cately fruity flavor
Traminer, reddish
(Clevner)
T 2 2 4 1 A wine with an exceptionally strong
persisting bouquet