Krasnostop Zolotovsky
Vitis vinifera L.
The red grape of the Don, genetically its own.
No parents confirmed by DNA (VIVC).
Where Krasnostop Zolotovsky comes from and grows
Country of origin as given by VIVC. Regions are those where the atlas sources mention the variety; not a complete list of where it grows.
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A Don native
VIVC records Krasnostop Zolotovskii as a black-skinned variety from the Russian Federation, with 21 synonyms and no parents confirmed by markers.1 A 2024 genetic study of Don Valley varieties calls it the most popular of them.2 The same study names Plechistik, another Don grape, as an ancestor of Krasnostop Zolotovskiy.2
The Don vineyards
At the start of the 20th century, more than 13,000 hectares of small family vineyards lay between Tsimlyansk and Aksay on the Don.2
Other names
Examples of synonyms recorded in VIVC: Krasnostop, Krasnostop Anapsky, Chernyi Vinnyi, Crasnostop, Krasnostop Zolotovsky.1
Around the world
In 2023 it covered 353 hectares of bearing vineyards worldwide, ranking 399 of 1497 varieties in the database.4
It is now grown in one country only: Russia.4
Area, 2023
Sources
- VIVC passport no. 6485. Vitis International Variety Catalogue (JKI), accessed 2026-10-14. level 2 · checked 2026-10-15
- Chloroplast Genome Variation and Phylogenetic Relationships of Autochthonous Varieties of Vitis vinifera from the Don Valley (Sharko et al., Int. J. Mol. Sci. 25(18):9928). International Journal of Molecular Sciences (MDPI), 2024. level 3 · checked 2026-10-15
- SNP-Based Analysis Reveals Authenticity and Genetic Similarity of Russian Indigenous V. vinifera Grape Cultivars (Fedosov et al., Plants 10(12):2696). Plants (MDPI), 2021. level 3 · checked 2026-10-15
- Database of Regional, National and Global Winegrape Bearing Areas by Variety, 2000 to 2023. Anderson K., Nelgen S., Puga G. Wine Economics Research Centre, University of Adelaide (CC BY 4.0), 2026. level 3 · checked 2026-10-15