{{Short description|Variety of grape}} {{redirect|Reifler|another Austrian grape known as Reifler|Roter Veltliner}} {{redirect|Rotreifler|another Austrian wine grape known as Rotreifler|Zierfandler}}
{{Infobox grape variety | name = Rotgipfler | image = Rotgipfler DSC 4655.JPG | caption = | species = ''Vitis vinifera'' | also_called = Reifler, Rotreifler | origin = Austria | hazards = <!-- Viticultural hazards --> | regions = Gumpoldskirchen in Thermenregion | notable_wines = Spätrot-Rotgipfler }}
'''Rotgipfler''' is a grape variety used to make aromatic white wine.<ref>[http://www.winesfromaustria.com/wine/ww_rotgipfler.html Wines from Austria:Rotgipfler], accessed on 13 April, 2008</ref> It is almost exclusively found in the Gumpoldskirchen district of the Thermenregion in Austria. It is often blended with Zierfandler (which is also known as ''Spätrot'') to make Spätrot-Rotgipfler. It is also increasingly used for quality wines. Such Rotgipfler wines are powerful, high in alcohol and suitable for cellaring.
In 1999 there were {{convert|118.42|ha|acre}} of Rotgipfler vineyards in Austria.<ref> Statistik Austria, Weinerhebung des Jahres 1999 </ref>
Rotgipfler has been named for the red tips of its vine leaves. The earliest known mention of Rotgipfler was in 1837 in Steiermark by Johann Burger. Rotgipfler has been identified as a cross between Traminer and Roter Veltliner.<ref name="VIVC">{{cite web | last = Maul | first =Erika |author2=Töpfer, Reinhard |author3=Eibach, Rudolf | title = Rotgipfler | work = Vitis International Variety Catalogue | publisher = Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof (IRZ), Siebeldingen, Germany | url = http://www.vivc.de/datasheet/dataResult.php?data=10231 | accessdate = 2008-04-13}}</ref>
==See also== * Austrian wine
==References== {{Reflist}}
Category:White wine grape varieties Category:Austrian wine