Information provided in great part by the Greek Vitis Database
Photographs are from the Greek Vitis Database site, some of these from
Haroula Spiranthopou's Wine Producing Varieties of the Greek Vineyard
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Name: |
Mavrodafni Renio | ||
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Berry color: |
Red | ||
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Use |
Red | ||
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Greek name: |
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Synonyms, transliterations and transliterated synonyms |
Mavrodafnitsa, Mavrodrami, Thyniatiko, Mavrodaphne | ||
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Locations: |
Achaia (Kallithea, Ovrya, Mintilogli), Kefalonia, Ithaki, Lefkada, Kerkyra (Ionian islands), Ileia, Halkidiki, Magnisia | ||
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Notes |
"black-laurel", reference to aroma. It has been determined that there are two Mavrodafni clones: Renio and Tsigkela. They have different berry shapes and presumably other different characteristics. | ||
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