Tags: Flowering Plant, Grape.
Acolon is a German wine grape variety a cross between Blauer Lemberger (Blaufränkisch) and Dornfelder.It was created in 1971 at the Staatliche Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt für Wein- und Obstbau in Weinsberg (nr. Württemberg) Germany. The variety was officially recognised in 2002. It ripens early and produces a very color-intensive wine with mild tannins resembling Lemberger. Currently it is growing experimentally on 1.35 square kilometres.