Wine Grape Varieties

Dornfelder

Dornfelder is a black grape variety originating in Germany. It was created in 1955 through the artificial crossbreeding of Helfensteiner and Heroldrebe. Dornfelder is the second most widely cultivated black grape variety in Germany, following Blauer Spätburgunder. While its cultivation area increased to 8,197 hectares by 2012, it has recently declined to around 6,600 hectares.

Variety names and synonyms registered in the variety list

Austria
  • Dornfelder
Belgium
  • Dornfelder
Bulgaria
  • Германия (Dornfelder)
Croatia
  • Dornfelder
Czechia
  • Dornfelder
Germany
  • Dornfelder
Hungary
  • Dornfelder
Luxembourg
  • Dornfelder
Netherlands
  • Dornfelder
Portugal
  • Dornfelder
Romania
  • Dornfelder
Slovakia
  • Dornfelder

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Dornfelder - Cluster in the field
source : Ursula Brühl, Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof - 76833 Siebeldingen, GERMANY