Editing Trollinger (section)

{{Short description|Variety of grape}}
{{redirect|Plant de Paris|the French wine grape that shares this and other synonyms with Trollinger|Peloursin}}
{{redirect|Hampton Court Vine|another wine grape that is also known as Hampton Court Vine|Black Muscat}}

{{Infobox grape variety
| name          = Trollinger
| image         = Trollinger Lehrensteinsfeld 20080928.jpg
| caption       = <!-- Caption of image         -->
| species       = ''[[Vitis vinifera]]''
| also_called   = Schiava
| origin        = [[Italy]]?
| hazards       = <!-- Viticultural hazards     -->
| regions       = [[Württemberg (wine region)|Württemberg]] (Germany), [[Trentino]], [[South Tyrol]] (Italy)
| notable_wines = 
}}
'''Trollinger''', '''Schiava''', or '''Vernatsch''', is a red [[German wine|German]]/[[Italian wine]] [[List of grape varieties|grape variety]] that was likely first originally cultivated in the wine regions of [[South Tyrol wine|South Tyrol]] and [[Trentino]], but today is almost exclusively cultivated on steep, sunny locations in the [[Württemberg (wine region)|Württemberg wine region]] of [[Baden-Württemberg]]. It is primarily known under the synonyms Trollinger in Germany, Vernatsch in [[South Tyrol]] and Schiava in other Italian regions. As a [[table grape]] the variety is sometimes known as Black Hamburg,<ref name="Robinson">J. Robinson, ''Jancis Robinson's Guide to Wine Grapes'', pp. 171 and 191-192, Oxford University Press 1996 {{ISBN|0198600984}}.</ref> which is commonly confused with the similar synonym for [[Black Muscat]]—a variety that is actually a [[Plant breeding#Classical plant breeding|cross]] of Trollinger and [[Muscat of Alexandria]].<ref name="Appellation">Appellation America [http://wine.appellationamerica.com/grape-varietal/Black-Muscat.html Black Muscat] Grape details.</ref>

According to wine expert [[Oz Clarke]], Trollinger has moderate [[Acids in wine|acidity]] and tends to produce light bodied wines with fruity [[strawberry]] and subtle smokey notes.<ref name="Clarke">Oz Clarke: ''Encyclopedia of Grapes'', pp. 229, 270 and 273 Harcourt Books 2001 {{ISBN|0-15-100714-4}}.</ref>