Hron (grape) (original) (raw)

Hron is a red Slovak wine grape variety that is a crossing of the Southwest France wine grapes Abouriou and Castets. The variety was created in 1976 at the in Modra. The grape was named after the Hron river, a tributary of the Danube that is the second longest river in Slovakia. Along with , Rimava and , which were created using the same parent varieties, Hron was officially authorized for commercial wine production in 2011.