Lagrein

VIVC records Italy as Lagrein's country or region of origin, together with a pedigree confirmed by DNA markers: Schiava Gentile x Teroldego. Lagrein carries the VIVC prime name Lagrein and variety number 6666, and its full pedigree is recorded. WineWiki's VIVC-derived lineage data links no children or siblings for Lagrein.

• VIVC prime name: Lagrein; VIVC variety number 6666; country or region of origin: Italy
• Parents: Schiava Gentile x Teroldego, confirmed by DNA markers
• Full pedigree: recorded
• Offspring and siblings: none linked in WineWiki's lineage data

Lagrein is an autochthonous variety, grown exclusively in Trentino-Alto Adige. DNA markers confirm it as the offspring of Schiava Gentile and Teroldego. In Bolzano, the monastery winery Muri-Gries describes its own history as "inseparable from this native variety".

• Autochthonous variety, grown exclusively in Trentino-Alto Adige
• Parentage confirmed by DNA markers: Schiava Gentile x Teroldego

Lagrein is grown exclusively in Trentino-Alto Adige. In Bolzano, Muri-Gries counts two vineyards in the historical quarter of Gries-Moritzing and the Klosteranger vineyard, immediately adjoining the monastery, among its best sites, and the estate writes that Lagrein flourishes there in the gentle warmth of the quartz porphyry soils.

• Gries-Moritzing (Bolzano) and the Klosteranger vineyard: among the best sites of Muri-Gries, on quartz porphyry soils
• A principal red variety of both the Alto Adige / Südtirol DOC and the Trentino DOC

Lagrein is full-bodied and darkly colored, with sometimes harsh, bitter tannins. Its aromas and flavors run to blackberry, black plum and cocoa. Alongside the reds, Lagrein is also made as a rosé.

• Red: dark color and full body; blackberry, black plum and cocoa
• Rosé: Lagrein also makes rosés
• Tannins: sometimes harsh and bitter

Kellerei Bozen ages its top wines for up to 12 months in French barriques, or in concrete, before they mature in the bottle. At Cantina Terlano (Kellerei Terlan), the Gries Lagrein Riserva ferments slowly at a controlled temperature in stainless steel tanks, then ages for 12 months, half in large wooden barrels and half in barriques, a third of them new.

• Kellerei Bozen: top wines aged up to 12 months in French barriques, or in concrete, then matured in bottle
• Cantina Terlano Gries Lagrein Riserva: slow, temperature-controlled fermentation in stainless steel; 12 months in large wooden barrels (50%) and barriques (50%)

Kellerei Bozen (Cantina Bolzano) traces back to two cooperatives: one formed by wine growers in Gries in 1908, another founded in 1930 around the hill of S. Maddalena. Today it has 224 member families, and its range includes the Lagrein Riserva Taber. Muri-Gries, the Benedictine monastery winery in Gries, Bolzano, calls Lagrein its great passion, and the variety dominates its range. It works on a single-site principle, making each vintage from grapes from one and the same site, and its best sites include two vineyards in Gries-Moritzing and the Klosteranger vineyard adjoining the monastery. St. Michael-Eppan makes a Fallwind Lagrein Riserva under the Alto Adige DOC.

• Kellerei Bozen (Cantina Bolzano): cooperative with roots in Gries (1908); 224 member families; Lagrein Riserva Taber
• Muri-Gries: Benedictine monastery winery in Bolzano; Lagrein dominates its range; best sites include the Klosteranger vineyard
• St. Michael-Eppan: Fallwind Lagrein Riserva, Alto Adige DOC

Cantina Terlano pairs its Gries Lagrein Riserva with roast chamois and root vegetables.

• Game: roast chamois with root vegetables, the pairing Cantina Terlano gives for its Gries Lagrein Riserva

Primary sources: https://www.vivc.de/index.php?r=passport%2Fview&id=6666 ; https://www.kellereibozen.com/en/winery/ ; https://www.muri-gries.com/en/ ; https://www.stmichael.it/en/wines/fallwind ; https://www.cantina-terlano.com/en/wines/gries-7/ Reference sources: https://italianwinecentral.com/variety/lagrein/ ; https://www.jancisrobinson.com/learn/grape-varieties/red/lagrein Last verified 2026-10-20