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Wine Description
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
Vรฉraison: 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 โ 165 kg/a
Must weight: slightly lower than Pinot Noir
Rot percentage: very low
Wine:ย fruity with intense colour, rich in phenolic compounds
Crossing:ย (Merzling X (Zarya Severa X Muskat Ottonel)) X Dornfelder