White grape variety
Chilar
Ճիլար
Chilar is a white grape variety from Armenia. The getwine.am catalogue lists 2 wines from 2 wineries.
- Wines in the catalogue
- 2
- Wineries
- 2
About the variety
Chilar is an old white Armenian grape that survives mostly as scattered vines in the high vineyards of Vayots Dzor and is close to disappearing. It has long cylindrical bunches of medium, oval berries, greenish and yellower on the sunny side, with a hardy skin and a thin waxy bloom. It is on the list of varieties permitted for Armenian brandy; Zorah makes a skin-contact white from it in karas.
- Berry colour
- white
- Origin
- Armeniaper VIVC passport
- Where it grows — by catalogue wines
- Vayots Dzor2 wines
- Missing
- No data: tannin, photo
Wines
Wines from Chilar
Chilar
Zorah
Vayots Dzor
Produced by Zorah. Region of Vayots Dzor: a dry white wine from Chilar. Made using the traditional karas method, aged in a karas. As described by sources: on the nose, citrus, peach and pear.
Pet Nat Tchilar
Tushpa
Vayots Dzor
Region of Vayots Dzor: a white sparkling wine from Chilar. Produced by Tushpa.
Where the data comes from
Sources for this page
Description
Facts from ampelographic sources and the country's official registers, in our own words.
Origin
The variety's passport in the Vitis International Variety Catalogue (VIVC).
Wines
Our catalogue: the grape make-up comes from the winery's site or the label.
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