Drenthe
Styles
Principal grape varieties
Accent NAcolonAllegro NAuxerrois BBacchus B (Bacchus Weiss)Baron N (Cabernet Franc)Bianca B (Biancolella)Bolero NBronner BCabaret Noir N (VB-91-26-4) (Cabaret Noir)Cabernet Blanc B (VB-91-26-1) (Cabernet Blanc)Cabernet Cantor NCabernet Carbon NCabernet CortisCabernet CubinCabernet DorioCabernet DorsaCabernet JuraCabernet MitosCabernet SauvignonCabertin N (VB-91-26-17) (Pinot Noir)Calandro NCalardis Blanc BCarmenèreChardonnay BDakapoDivona BDomina NDonauriesling BDornfelder NDunkelfelder NFaber B (Faberrebe)Felicia BFlorental NFrüburgunder NGamaret NGamay NGewürztraminer Rs (Gewuerztraminer)Grüner Veltliner B (Veltliner Gruen)HegelHelios B.Hibernal BHuxelrebe BHölder BJohanniter BJuwel BKerner BKernling BLandal NLaurot NLéon Millot NMaréchal Foch NMerlotMerlot Kanthus NMerlot Khorus NMerzling BMeunier N (Pinot Meunier)MonarchMorio Muscat B (Morio Muskat)Muscaris BMuscat Blanc (Muscat A Petits Grains Blancs)Müller Thurgau B (Mueller Thurgau Weiss)Orion BOrtega BPhoenix BPineau D’Aunis N (Chenin Blanc)Pinot Grigio (Pinot Gris)Pinot Kors NPinot Blanc BPinotin NPlantet NPortugiezer N (Portugieser Blau)Prior NRayon D'Or BRebergerRegent NRiechensteiner B (Reichensteiner)Riesel BRiesling B (Riesling Weiss)Rinot BRondo NRoter Elbling Rs (Elbling Rot)Saphira NSauvignac B (Cal 6-04) (Sauvignac)Sauvignon Blanc BSauvitage BSavagnin Blanc B (Traminer) (Savagnin Blanc)Scheurebe BSchönburger Rs (Schoenburger)Seyval BSiegerrebe RsSilcher B (Heunisch Weiss)SiriusSolarisSouvignier GrisSt. Laurent (Saint Laurent)StauferSylvaner B (Silvaner Gruen)SyrahTempranilloTrousseau Gris GVillaris BViognier BVoltis BWürzer BZweigeltrebe 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)