Wines made from Rondo grapes of Wales
Discover the best wines made with Rondo as a single variety or as a blend of Wales.
Colourful, fruity reds with a dense purple robe, supple tannins and fresh acidity. Aromas of black cherry, blackberry, plum, blackcurrant and spicy notes. Round palate, best drunk young. A very early-ripening, cold-hardy interspecific variety (to -25 °C), it drives northern viticulture in Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden and Poland. German hybrid created in 1964 at Geilweilerhof (Vitis amurensis × Saint-Laurent, descended from Zarya Severa).
Wine region of Wales (PDO Welsh Wine, 50+ vineyards, latitude >49. 9°N), cool oceanic climate tempered by the Gulf Stream, clay soils (Vale of Glamorgan leads in the south). Signature Bacchus white: aromatic and vivid with citrus, elderflower, fresh-cut grass and white flowers, tense acidity — the insular equivalent of Sauvignon. Mineral Seyval Blanc, full Solaris and floral Müller-Thurgau as whites.