Koroliok

Synonym (also Koroliok Rkaciteli, Korolek, Korolyok) for the grape variety Rkatsiteli; see there.

The white grape variety originates from Georgia; the name means "red stem". There are around 70 synonyms that indicate its great age and wide distribution, especially in the former USSR states. Some of these, grouped alphabetically by country, are Baiyu (China); Rkatziteli Yellow, Rothölzer (Germany); Rkachiteli Bianco, Rkatziteli Giallo (Italy); Asangluri, Boudachouri, Budashuri, Budashuri Korolyok, Budasuri, Corolioc, Dedali, Dedali Rkatsiteli, Grousinskii, Grouzinsky, Gruzinski, Gruzinsky, Kakhoura, Kakoura, Kakura, Khangluri, Khanlug, Korolek, Koroliok, Koroliok Rkaciteli, Korolyok, Kukoura, Kukura, Kurkura, Mamali Rkatsiteli, Rkaciteli (second main name), Rkaciteli Bijeli, Rkatiteli, Rkatsiteli Dedali, Rkatisteli Gialo, Rkatsiteli Mamali, Rkatziteli, Rkaziteli, Topolioc, Topoliok, Topolyok, Zweiabazer (Armenia, Bulgaria, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Croatia, Moldova, Romania, Russia and Ukraine).

Rkatsiteli - Traube und Blatt

Ancestry

The vine is said to have been cultivated as early as the 5th century AD. According to another, unverifiable hypothesis, the 5,000-year-old kvevri (clay jars) found near the Georgian city of Wani in the Imeretia region are said to have contained seeds of...

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