varietyFrühburgunder
also: Pinot noir précoce · Early Burgundy · Blauer Frühburgunder
An early-ripening pinot that comes in two to three weeks ahead of the rest. Germany kept it alive in the Ahr and on the Nahe when growers elsewhere pulled it out for cropping too lightly.
Root. German früh (early) + Burgunder (Burgundian) Cited · wp-fr-hburgunder
How it is done Cited
Small bunches, small berries, low yield, and a harvest date that beats autumn rain — useful where the season runs short.
Facts
| colour | black |
|---|---|
| country | Germany |
| region | Ahr, Germany |
| confidence | medium · updated 2026-09-16 |
Its kin
the vinePinot noirThe same family, running four to six weeks ahead of the latest clones.regionAhrThe slate valley that kept it planted.and of this page it says: The early-ripening cousin the valley kept.
Who points back
Sources
Where it came from: Cited a source we name · Harvested pulled from an open dataset · Tradition what the tradition says, hedged · Inference this project's reasoning · Field somebody stood there. This record as JSON.