Airén
Sign in to saveAlso known as Airen
thumb|right|320px| A 50-yr old Airén vine, from a vineyard near Carabaña (Madrid, Spain)
Key facts
- Grape variety.name
- Airén
- Grape variety.color
- Blanc
- Grape variety.color_alt
- White
- Grape variety.species
- Vitis vinifera
- Grape variety.also_called
- see list of synonyms
- Grape variety.origin
- Spain
- Grape variety.regions
- La Mancha
- Grape variety.notable_wines
- Vinos de Madrid
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Description
- History
- Regions
- Viticulture and uses
- Synonyms
- References
thumb|right|320px| A 50-yr old Airén vine, from a vineyard near Carabaña (Madrid, Spain)
Airén is a variety of Vitis vinifera, a white grape commonly used in winemaking. This grape is native to Spain where it represents almost a quarter of all grapes grown. As of 2017, Airén was estimated to be the world's fourth most grown wine grape variety in terms of planted surface, at , an increase from in 2004, where it held 1st place, although it is almost exclusively found in Spain.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Airén” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.