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Common synonyms: Lagarino, Lagrain, Lagrein Kretzer

Parentage of the grape: Teroldego crossed with Schiava gentile

History of the grape: First mentioned in the 17th century in the records of the Muri Benedictine monastery, this variety may hail from the Lagarina valley in Trentino. DNA profiling proved in 2004 that Lagrein is the product of a cross between Schiava Gentile and Teroldego. This grape variety is frequently added in small quantities to lighter, softer varieties such as Pinot Nero and Schiava. In such a role, it contributes acidity, color, and tannin. Lagrein is extremely productive, but when not overcropped, it can make truly formidable wines.

In 1988, Peter May of Melbourne University brought Lagrein to Australia. Small quantities of the variety are planted in the United States as well.

Characteristics of the grape: deep in color, firmly tannic, with good acidity and flavors of chocolate, herb, and plum. Can have a bitter finish.

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Arbios Praxis Cellars Praxis Lagrein
Winery: Arbios Cellars / Praxis Cellars
Region: USA » California » Central Coast
Type: Table Wines

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Sweet Potato and Cheese Stuffed Chiles

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Elena Walch Lagrein Alto Adige - Südtirol
Winery: Elena Walch
Region: Italy » Alto Adige » Alto Adige - Südtirol
Type: Table Wines

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Vegan Lasagne

What’s lasagne without ricotta, mozzarella, and Parmesan? To an Italian, it’s a travesty. But to a vegan or those with food allergies, it’s a delicious, healthy, one-pot pasta dish that is bound to... Read more »

Bottega Vinaia Lagrein
Winery: Bottega Vinaia
Region: Italy » Trentino-alto Adige
Type: Table Wines

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Classic Soft Dinner Rolls

This is no fancy artisan bread. These are good old soft dinner rolls, pillowy rounds that taste great fresh out of the oven and slathered in butter or stuffed with something—like in our Pineapple-B... Read more »

Alois Lageder Lagrein Alto Adige Südtirol Rosé
Winery: Alois Lageder
Region: Italy » Alto Adige » Alto Adige - Südtirol
Type: Table Wines

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Applesauce

A far cry from that overly sweetened, grainy mush that dominates supermarket shelves, this is tart with a hint of sweetness. Try it on latkes , with some braised pork , or on its own. Tart with a... Read more »

Bottega Vinaia Lagrein
Winery: Bottega Vinaia
Region: Italy » Trentino
Type: Table Wines

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Roasted Cauliflower with Capers and Bread Crumbs

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201 Premiere J. Hofstätter Lagrein Joseph
Winery: J. Hofstätter
Region: Italy
Color: Red Wines

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Pork Tenderloin with Apples

Turn your Sunday dinner table into the corner table at a French bistro with a meal that incorporates juicy pork tenderloin and a few French cuisine staples like fresh butter, cream, shallots, apple... Read more »

Alois Lageder Lagrein Alto Adige Südtirol Rosé
Winery: Alois Lageder
Region: Italy » Alto Adige » Alto Adige - Südtirol
Type: Table Wines

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Slow-Cooked Pork and Beans

This Slow-Cooked Pork and Beans recipe from Taste of Home is a potluck favorite for Patricia Hager of Nicholasville, Kentucky when shes looking for an grilling recipe for a meal or holiday gathering Read more »

La Vis Lagrein
Winery: Cantina La Vis
Region: Italy » Trentino-alto Adige
Type: Table Wines

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Sweet Potatoes with Horseradish

This casserole can be baked ahead and reheated in the microwave at the last minute, thus freeing the overburdened Thanksgiving oven. Read more »

Tiefenbrunner Lagrein Alto Adige Castel Turmhof
Winery: Tiefenbrunner
Region: Italy » Northeast
Type: Table Wines

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Slow Cooker Hot Fruit Salad

This thick, chutney-like fruit salad, slow-cooked to allow the flavors to deliciously blend, is a perfect accompaniment for roast pork or chicken. Read more »

Terlan Lagrein Rosato
Winery: Cantina Terlan
Region: Italy » Alto Adige
Color: Rosé Wines

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Sweet Potato Spice Cake with Fresh Ginger & Pecan Streusel Topping

This cake is incredibly moist, thanks to the sweet potato, and the fresh ginger adds a vibrancy that other spice cakes can only dream of. One piece is never enough. Read more »

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Robust Italian Varietals in the Heart of Oregon Pinot Noir Country

Smack dab in the middle of Willamette Valley Pinot Noir country, you may not expect to find big, bold Italian varietals, but a visit to Remy Wines will get you just that. Specializing in single vineyard Italian varietal wines like Barbera, Sangiovese, ...

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Manincor Lagrein Rubatsch (2010)

Winery: Manincor
Region: Italy » Alto Adige
Varietal: Lagrein
Type: Table Wines
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Gregory Dal Piaz

Smoky on the nose with a lightly nutty, spicy and slightly herbal underlay. The mouthfeel here is alluringly ephemeral with edgy tannins adding energy. Nice supporting acids etch the very clear mid-palate with lovely sour plum and pomegranate fruit. Th...

Elena Walch Lagrein Alto Adige Südtirol Riserva Castel Ringberg (2008)

Winery: Elena Walch
Region: Italy » Alto Adige » Alto Adige - Südtirol
Varietal: Lagrein
Color: Red Wines
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Gregory Dal Piaz

Super perfumes on the nose are full of oily herbs, a smoky undertone, violets, fresh flowers, fresh fruits, a little blueberry and some fresh oak. This is bright on entry with an early wood sweetness. Terrific fruit with real energy and lovely freshnes...

J Hofstatter Steinraffler Riserva Lagrein Alto Adige DOC (2009)

Winery: J. Hofstätter
Region: Italy » Trentino-alto Adige
Varietal: Lagrein
Type: Table Wines
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Gregory Dal Piaz

Leather and a bit animal on the nose with sweet red pastille fruit and floral aromas that are fairly intense. This is gamy with perhaps a hint of brett on the nose. Sweetly-fruited and polished in the mouth with a weightlessness to the intensity of the...

Muri Gries Lagrein Riserva Abtei Muri (2009)

Winery: Muri Gries
Region: Italy » Alto Adige
Varietal: Lagrein
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Gregory Dal Piaz

Inky and chalky on the nose with a little cracked pepper spice. In the mouth, this is smooth yet fairly transparent with lovely purity of fruit in a lively, slightly dense style that shows off very chocolaty mulberry fruit. This is so young that it sti...

Deep Sea Red (2009)

Winery: Conway Family Wines
Region: USA » California
Varietal: Syrah , Petite Sirah , Lagrein , Merlot , Mourvèdre
Type: Table Wines
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Excellent Pinot!

Schreckbichl Colterenzio Lagrein Riserva 'Mantsch' (2009)

Region: Italy
Varietal: Lagrein
Color: Red Wines
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Gregory Dal Piaz

Fresh with definite forest floor aromas on the nose. Above those, there is rich black fruit with a touch of coffee grind adding a bit of complexity. This is very deep and smooth on entry, showing very well for such a young wine. Precise blackberry and ...

Abtei Muri-Gries Südtiroler Lagrein Abtei DOC (2007)

Winery: Muri Gries
Varietal: Lagrein
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Gregory Dal Piaz

Tight, pure fruity nose with small green anise seed notes over lightly toasted oak and plum skin fruit. This is bright yet soft in the mouth with a polished richness to the wine and absolutely gorgeous purity of wild raspberry fruit, which shows a litt...

Lagrein Cornell Sigis Mundus Barrique Cantina Produttori Colterenzio DOC Italien Alto Adige Rotwein Cl (2009)

Winery: Produttori Colterenzio
Region: Italy » Alto Adige
Varietal: Lagrein
Type: Table Wines
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Gregory Dal Piaz

This smells strongly of chocolate covered espresso beans. Rich and inviting with a base of toasty oak and jammy black fruit squeezing out the edges. On entry, there is a hint of violet and then smooth, rich almost chewy (but too well balanced to be che...

Remy Wines Illahe Vineyard Lagrein (2009)

Winery: Remy Wines
Varietal: Lagrein
Color: Red Wines
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Julia Crowley

Super dark and inky red color in the glass with a glowing halo of bright ruby red. Vibrant aromas of plums and raspberries were highlighted by leather and vanilla. In the mouth, round supple tannins and bright acidity with a gorgeous velvet-like textu...

Lagrein DOC Cru "Lareith" Erste & Neue Kellerei (2011)

Winery: Erste & Neue Kellerei
Region: Italy
Varietal: Lagrein
Type: Table Wines
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Gregory Dal Piaz

More perfumed than the regular bottling with a lovely sandalwood tone along with a hint of pepper and coffee accenting mulberry and blackberry fruit. This is sweetly fruited on entry, a very different expression of Lagrein that is pretty dense with fru...

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Lagrein on Snooth

  • May 2013

    Imagery Estate Winery Sonoma County Barbera. When I go to the wine ... Primitivo, Lagrein--although they also have a Malbec and some of the usual red Rhone suspects.  The have a wine labeled "White Burgundy" (Horrors) which is a Chardonnay Pinot Blanc blend.I found their wines to be pretty consistently drinkable.  Notice the artwork on the labe... Read More

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  • May 2013

    OT has that exactly right.  The Hermitage needed no time to be ready, but ... WOTN?  The bottle of Lagrein Emark brought for me that he and I kept knocking over.  (Luckily it was unopened.)&nbs Read More

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  • April 2013

    Tonight some nice pinot from rrv...  Read More

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  • April 2013

    Hey Foxall,Yup, Trader Joe's Alameda Wine Geek at your service.My sister ... ... but no more...sigh) The Lagrein is from 5 acres planted in Paso Robles and only available in the Tasting Room. (I think the normal retail was around $28) Delicious!Not only are Matt Smith's & Matt Cline's wines very tasty, they are really nice guys.Since you live... Read More

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  • April 2013

    Hmm, isn't Jacuzzi just down the road from Sears Point?  I have never had a Lagrein wine. (Yes, that is a little poem.)  I might have occasion to drop by there in the next few weeks.  Read More

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  • April 2013

    BWS, sounds like you are from the inner Bay Area as well.  Matt ... in ... in these parts) was making Lagrein.  Going to have to find that, since I have been a Lagrein hound for a handful of years now.  When I knew I was getting together with GdP and some winemakers and wine geeks, that was my grape of choic Read More

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  • April 2013

    Mezzacorona Pinot Grigio from the Alto Adige. Surprisingly lemon-zesty for the ... ... from Marin Co.), Jacuzzi Lagrein, Close Pepe Estate Chardonnay, Sausal Sangiovese and finish up with a Navarro Cluster Select Late Harvest Gewurztramine Read More

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  • Adrian Classic Lagrein Rubeno 2012

    April 2013

    Adrian Classic Lagrein Rubeno 2012

    Snoothrank:

    Clear, not transparent, violet-red colour, very consistent.Intense fruity and flowers aromas, with some smoky and chemical notes aswell due to the tannins.Warm and rich at taste, bodied, good acidity maintaning a good equilibrium. Persistent. Read More

    Wine review by redpoz


  • Peter Solva & Sohne Sudtirol Alto Adige de Silva Lagrein 2010

    April 2013

    Peter Solva & Sohne Sudtirol Alto Adige de Silva Lagrein 2010

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    2010 vintage-Clear, not transparent. very consistent with a red colour having granat and purple nuances.Intense and complex aromas (mostly fruity: such as cherries and acacia).Slightly acid, kind of astringent at taste, perhaps not completely ready, but warm and equilibrated. Read More

    Wine review by redpoz


  • March 2013

    Thanks for that--I'm behind on some things as I prepare for a trip out of ... out of ... decided on the Lagrein because I know GdP likes Lagrein, as I do, and I wouldn't be able to decant a Barolo.  Besides, bringing a Barolo to GdP seemed unnecessary.  And it's just a great food wine, glad it went with your duck.  (I had duck ragu and OT and... Read More

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