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Variety of Vine · Vitis vinifera
Very early, fungus-resistant (PIWI) white grape – enabling viticulture into cool northern regions.
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6🇩🇪 Germany 1975
Taste & characteristics
Taste
juicysweetaromatic
Susceptibility & resistance
Downy mildewPowdery mildew
Profile
- Parentage
- Merzling x (Zarya Severa x Muscat Ottonel)
- Breeder
- N. Becker, Staatliches Weinbauinstitut Freiburg
- Pollination
- self-fertile
- Fruit weight
- 2 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Green-yellow seeded berries with high sugar; yields full-bodied white wines.
Growth
Extremely early, very disease-resistant and hardy – ideal for Scandinavia/UK.
Yield
Wine grape; enables viticulture in climates where vinifera fails.
Notes
Early ripening makes it prone to wasps and rot in wet conditions.
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