Drenthe

Netherlands · IGP · Drenthe · -1 commune(s)

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Accent N Acolon Allegro N Auxerrois B Bacchus B (Bacchus Weiss)Baron N (Cabernet Franc)Bianca B (Biancolella)Bolero N Bronner B Cabaret Noir N (VB-91-26-4) (Cabaret Noir)Cabernet Blanc B (VB-91-26-1) (Cabernet Blanc)Cabernet Cantor N Cabernet Carbon N Cabernet Cortis Cabernet Cubin Cabernet Dorio Cabernet Dorsa Cabernet Jura Cabernet Mitos Cabernet Sauvignon Cabertin N (VB-91-26-17) (Pinot Noir)Calandro N Calardis Blanc B Carmenère Chardonnay B Dakapo Divona B Domina N Donauriesling B Dornfelder N Dunkelfelder N Faber B (Faberrebe)Felicia B Florental N Früburgunder N Gamaret N Gamay N Gewürztraminer Rs (Gewuerztraminer)Grüner Veltliner B (Veltliner Gruen)Hegel Helios B.Hibernal B Huxelrebe B Hölder B Johanniter B Juwel B Kerner B Kernling B Landal N Laurot N Léon Millot N Maréchal Foch N Merlot Merlot Kanthus N Merlot Khorus N Merzling B Meunier N (Pinot Meunier)Monarch Morio Muscat B (Morio Muskat)Muscaris B Muscat Blanc (Muscat A Petits Grains Blancs)Müller Thurgau B (Mueller Thurgau Weiss)Orion B Ortega B Phoenix B Pineau D’Aunis N (Chenin Blanc)Pinot Grigio (Pinot Gris)Pinot Kors N Pinot Blanc B Pinotin N Plantet N Portugiezer N (Portugieser Blau)Prior N Rayon D'Or B Reberger Regent N Riechensteiner B (Reichensteiner)Riesel B Riesling B (Riesling Weiss)Rinot B Rondo N Roter Elbling Rs (Elbling Rot)Saphira N Sauvignac B (Cal 6-04) (Sauvignac)Sauvignon Blanc B Sauvitage B Savagnin Blanc B (Traminer) (Savagnin Blanc)Scheurebe B Schönburger Rs (Schoenburger)Seyval B Siegerrebe Rs Silcher B (Heunisch Weiss)Sirius Solaris Souvignier Gris St. Laurent (Saint Laurent)Staufer Sylvaner B (Silvaner Gruen)Syrah Tempranillo Trousseau Gris G Villaris B Viognier B Voltis B Würzer B Zweigeltrebe N (Zweigeltrebe Blau)

Terroir

Natural factors

Soil: Pleistocene deposits with a fine sand cover and boulder clay (keileem) within 120 cm depth.
Ice Age ridge running from Emmen to Groningen: coarse to fine sand and weakly saline clay (potklei), several metres above ground level.
Rainfall 861 mm/year, 1,550 sunshine hours/year (Eelde) and mean annual temperature 9.4 °C.
Mean summer temperature 16.4 °C; day-night temperature difference in September is 9.3 °C.
Raised bog (hoogveen) occurs in the north-east, east (border with Groningen) and south-west of Drenthe.

Product characteristics

White Drentse wine is characterised sensorially by a fresh style with green aromas.
Red Drentse wine displays red fruit as its defining aroma profile.

Terroir / wine link

The diurnal temperature difference in September (9.3 °C) promotes ripeness; this is expressed in fresh white wines with green aromas and red fruit in red wines.

Facts drawn from the cahier's terroir-link section (Lien au terroir) by automatic interpretation — see the source.

Sources

Specification (EUR-Lex, single document)
eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PGI-NL-A0969
Official trade body site — Vereniging Nederlandse Wijn Producenten (VNWP)