About PIWI Grapes

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PIWI Grape Varieties

Deep-coloured wines with violet reflections. Intense fruit flavours with notes of plum and cherry. On the palate soft and rich. Even at fairly low must weights, production of full-bodied, soft red wines is possible.

Resistance:

Peronospora: good

Oidium: good

Botrytis: good

Characteristics:

Budding: some days before Pinot Noir

Blooming period: with Pinot Noir

Bunch closing: with Pinot Noir

Véraison: some days before Pinot Noir

Harvest: immediately before or with Pinot Noir

Coulure: low to medium

Grape stalk necrosis: low

Grapes: large-sized

Crop level: 145 – 165 kg/a

Must weight: slightly lower than Pinot Noir

Rot percentage: very low

Wine: fruity with intense colour, rich in phenolic compounds

Crossing: (Merzling X (Zarya Severa X Muskat Ottonel)) X Dornfelder