Thrapsathiri (Greek: Θραψαθήρι) is a white Greek wine grape variety that abounds in Crete.[1]
The grape is highly resistant to drought, ripens late and produces very aromatic wines with soft acidity.[2]
In the past, trapsathiri used to be blended with vilana, but nowadays it is increasingly vinified on its own.
Thrapsathiri used to be considered a clone of athiri.[3]
However, DNA analysis has suggested that it is a distinct variety with links to vidiano.[4]
It has also been suggested that thrapsathiri is identical to begleri of Cyclades.[4]
^Thrapsathiri, Vitis International Variety Catalogue, accessed 2018-11-20
^Konstantinos Lazarakis, The Wines of Greece, Octopus Publishing Group, ISBN 1840008970, 2005.
^Βασίλειος Λογοθέτης και Μάρκος Βλάχος, Η εξέλιξις της αμπέλου και της αμπελουργίας εις την Ελλάδα κατά τα αρχαιολογικά ευρήματα της περιοχής, Θεσσαλονίκη, 1972.
^ abJancis Robinson, Julia Harding and José Vouillamoz, Wine Grapes: A complete guide to 1,368 vine varieties, including their origins and flavours, Ecco (Harper Collins), New York, 2012, ISBN 978-0062206367
Thrapsathiri (Greek: Θραψαθήρι) is a white Greek wine grape variety that abounds in Crete. The grape is highly resistant to drought, ripens late and produces...
downy mildew and sensitive to powdery mildew. It is genetically close to thrapsathiri and vilana. Vidiano , Vitis International Variety Catalogue, accessed...