Madrasa (grape)

Madrasa
Mədrəsə
Grape (Vitis)
Color of berry skinPink
Also calledMatrassa
Notable regionsMədrəsə village of Shamakhi, Goygol, Samukh, Gabala raions, Ganja, Azerbaijan
Notable winesMadrasa
VIVC number7514

Madrasa (Azerbaijani: Mədrəsə, also known as Matrassa and Madrasi) is a pink-skinned red grape variety cultivated in the southern Caucasus at least since the nineteenth century,[1] in particular in Azerbaijan, as well as several Central Asia countries. Most plantings of Madrasa are found near the Caspian Sea in Azerbaijan.[2]

  1. ^ A. Kalantaryan, ed., Wine in Traditional Armenian Culture, Yerevan, 2005, p. 245 ISBN 99941-2-000-X
  2. ^ J. Robinson Jancis Robinson's Guide to Wine Grapes pg 104 Oxford University Press 1996 ISBN 0-19-860098-4