# Ederena

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{{Short description|Variety of grape}}
'''Ederena''' is a red [French wine](/source/French_wine) [grape variety](/source/grape_variety) that is a [crossing](/source/crossing_(vine)) of the [Bordeaux wine](/source/Bordeaux_wine) grape [Merlot](/source/Merlot) and the [Southwest France](/source/Southwest_France_(wine)) variety [Abouriou](/source/Abouriou). The grape was created in 1952 at the [Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique](/source/Institut_National_de_la_Recherche_Agronomique) (INRA) center in [Bordeaux](/source/Bordeaux). In the [United States](/source/United_States_(wine)), Ederena is being cultivated by [E & J Gallo Winery](/source/E_%26_J_Gallo_Winery) and the [University of California, Davis](/source/University_of_California%2C_Davis) in the [San Joaquin Valley](/source/San_Joaquin_Valley). There is also some plantings of the grape in [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland_(wine)).<ref name="Wine Grapes">J. Robinson, J. Harding and J. Vouillamoz ''Wine Grapes - A complete guide to 1,368 vine varieties, including their origins and flavours'' pg 322, Allen Lane 2012 {{ISBN|978-1-846-14446-2}}</ref>

The name ''Ederena'' comes from the [Basque](/source/Basque_(language)) ''ederrena'' which means "the most beautiful".<ref name="Wine Grapes"/>

==Viticulture==
left|thumb|Merlot ''(pictured)'' is one of the parent varieties of Ederena.
Ederena is considered a [mid-ripening](/source/ripeness_(wine)) variety that can be very productive and fertile on a variety of [vineyard soil](/source/vineyard_soil) types.<ref name="Wine Grapes"/>

==Wine regions==
Though it originated in France, there are very few plantings of Ederena in the country with less than 1 [hectare](/source/hectare) (2.5 acres) of the grape cultivated in 2008. The variety was brought to the United States by [Sunridge Nurseries](/source/Sunridge_Nurseries) in [Bakersfield, California](/source/Bakersfield%2C_California) and is today being propagated in experimental plantings in the San Joaquin Valley by the Gallo winery and the University of California, Davis.<ref name="Wine Grapes"/>

In Switzerland, Ederena is being grown in the town of [Chardonne](/source/Chardonne) in the [Vaud](/source/Vaud) canton where it is blended with [Arinarnoa](/source/Arinarnoa), [Caladoc](/source/Caladoc), [Carminoir](/source/Carminoir), [Egiodola](/source/Egiodola), [Malbec](/source/Malbec) and [Marselan](/source/Marselan).<ref name="Wine Grapes"/>

==Styles==
According to [Master of Wine](/source/Master_of_Wine) [Jancis Robinson](/source/Jancis_Robinson), Ederena produce slightly herbaceous [light bodied](/source/body_(wine)) wines that tend to have a perfume [bouquet](/source/bouquet_(wine)).<ref name="Wine Grapes"/>

==Synonyms==
Ederena has no known synonyms recognized by [Vitis International Variety Catalogue](/source/Vitis_International_Variety_Catalogue) (VIVC)<ref name="VIVC">[Vitis International Variety Catalogue](/source/Vitis_International_Variety_Catalogue) (VIVC) ''[http://www.vivc.de/datasheet/dataResult.php?data=3827 Ederena] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130701033645/http://www.vivc.de/datasheet/dataResult.php?data=3827 |date=2013-07-01 }}'' Accessed: April 14th</ref> however in some wine texts the grape's name is spelled as Édéréna.<ref name="Wine Grapes"/>

==References==
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Category:Red wine grape varieties

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