Magarach Ruby or Rubinovyi Magarcha is a red Crimean wine grape variety that is a crossing of Cabernet Sauvignon and Saperavi.[1][2] The crossing was carried out at the Magarach viticultural institute at Yalta, Crimea in 1928 in what was then the Soviet Union.

Rubinovyi Magarcha
Grape (Vitis)
Color of berry skinNoir
SpeciesVitis vinifera
Also calledMagarach Ruby and other synonyms
OriginUkraine
Original pedigreeCabernet Sauvignon × Saperavi
Breeding instituteNIViV Natsionalnyi Institut Vinograda I Vina Magarach (National Institute of Vine and Wine Magarach)
Year of crossing1928
VIVC number7088

Synonyms

edit

Rubinovyi Magarcha is also known under the synonyms Crossing 56, Magarach 56, Magaracha Rubinovyi, Magaratch 56, Roter Rubin Von Magaratsch, Roubinovy Magaratcha, Roubinoy De Magaratch, Rubin Von Magaratch, Rubinovi Magaraca, and Rubinovyi Magaracha.[2]

References

edit
  1. ^ J. Robinson Jancis Robinson's Wine Course Third Edition pg 141 Abbeville Press 2003 ISBN 0-7892-0883-0
  2. ^ a b "Rubinovyi Magarcha". Vitis International Variety Catalogue. Archived from the original on 2012-04-22. Retrieved 2010-01-30.