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Saint-Laurent Austria

Origin

Imported to Austria from Alsace in the 19th century.

Growing regions

Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Slovakia, Slovenia, France (Alsace), Canada, New Zealand

Also known as

Sankt Laurent, Pinot Saint-Laurent, Sankt Lorenz, Laurenzitraube, Lorenztraube, Saint-Laurent noir, Lovrenac crni, Svatovavrinecké

Saint-Laurent from Austria — an Austrian red variety of uncertain origin (parent of Pinot Noir according to some analyses), grown mainly in the Thermenregion, Burgenland (Leithaberg, Neusiedlersee) and Lower Austria, on the clay-limestone, loam and deep soils with a Pannonian continental climate — produces fruity, …