Grape Variety: Mavrodaphne

Variety Name	Mavrodaphne
Common Synonyms	Mavrodafni, Mavrodaphni
All Synonyms	Ahmar Mechtras, Fraoula Kokkini, Mauro Daphni, Mavrodafni, Mavrodafnitsa, Mavro Daphni, Mavrodrami, Thiniatiko
Countries of Origin	Greece
Species	Vitis vinifera
Pedigree	Red clone of white grape Daphni
References	Show 3 references Hide references Vitis International Variety Catalogue (VIVC). Federal Centre for Breeding Research on Cultivated Plants (BAZ). Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof (IRZ). August, 2007. Link The former National Grape Registry (NGR) was initially compiled and annotated using the earlier version of the Vitis database. The VIVC underwent a significant update beginning in 2007. Corresponding updates to this Registry will be made as necessary. Mihalis Boutaris. 2000. Greek Wine Grape Varieties: A Microsatellite DNA Marker Analysis, Thesis, Master of Science in Horticulture, University of California, Davis. Robinson, Jancis, Julia Harding, José Vouillamoz. WINE GRAPES. First U.S. edition, 2012. Harper Collins Publishers, East 53rd Street, New York, New York.
Berry Color	Black
Uses	Wine
Comments	The words 'Mavro' and 'Daphne/Dafni' mean black laurel. Mavrodaphne is the red clone of the white grape Daphni. This widely known Greek cultivar is associated with sweet, fortified wines and is also used for blending because of its deep color and high tannin level. Robinson, Harding & Vouillamoz. 2012. WINE GRAPES, page 612, Harper Collins Publishers, New York; Boutaris, Mihalis. 2000. Greek Wine Grape Varieties: A Microsatellite DNA Marker Analysis,pp. 32, 43, 122, 132, Master's Thesis, University of California, Davis.

Mavrodaphne Selections

Information about: Clonal Families, Selection Numbers and Registration Status

	Mavrodaphne [02]
Registration Status	Provisional
Source	Vineyard in Korakoxori, Greece; donated by Fassoulis Grapevine Nursery, Nemea, Greece
Comments	Foundation Plant Services entered into an exchange agreement for a series of Greek grape selections as a result of a seminar on Greek wines held at UC Davis in 2013. Fassoulis Grapevine Nursery from Nemea in the Peloponnese region of Greece participated in the seminar and afterward agreed to donate desirable clones of select Greek varieties to the FPS public grapevine collection. Mavrodaphne 02 was collected from a vineyard in Korakoxori and was received by FPS in 2015. The original material underwent microshoot tip tissue culture therapy at FPS in 2015 and qualified for the Russell Ranch Foundation Vineyard in 2017 as Mavrodaphne 02.1. Mavrodaphne 02 was originally received with the variety name Avgoustiatis and at FPS as Avgoustiatis 01. In 2025 DNA fingerprinting identified it as Mavrodaphne and it was renamed as selection 02 of this variety.