Known by its German name Vernatsch. Typically grown on a pergola to cope with their natural vigour and the vines produce high yields. The wine is typically a pale ruby wine with perfumed violet and strawberry aromas with a medium to light body and low tannins. In the Santa Magdalena DOC Schiava can be blended with up to 15 per cent Lagrein producing a deeper coloured and fuller bodied wine