Wines made from Bronner grapes of Flandre
Discover the best wines made with Bronner as a single variety or as a blend of Flandre.
An interspecific cross between merzling and rondo obtained in 1975 by Norbert Becker of the Freiburg Research Institute in Germany. It has the particularity of having only one gene for resistance to mildew and powdery mildew. However, the I.N.R.A. Bordeaux Sciences Agro has since noted a loss of efficiency on mildew due to a bypass. It can be found in Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Italy, England, etc. It is not very widespread today and is almost unknown in France. It should not be confused with another variety of the same name, which comes from a Pinot Blanc seedling, also obtained in Germany by Johann Philipp Bronner.
The wine region of Flandre of Belgium. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Meerdael or the Domaine Clos d'Opleeuw produce mainly wines white, red and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Flandre are Chardonnay, Pinot noir and Johanniter, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Flandre often reveals types of flavors of cream, non oak or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of floral, tropical fruit or citrus fruit.
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