Wines made from Bronner grapes of Mitterberg
Discover the best wines made with Bronner as a single variety or as a blend of Mitterberg.
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 Mitterberg is located in the region of Trentin-Haut-Adige of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Hartmann Donà or the Domaine Kränzelhof Graf Pfeil produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Mitterberg are Gewurztraminer, Zweigelt and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Mitterberg often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, spices or earth and sometimes also flavors of microbio, citrus fruit or oak.