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Sauvitage
(originally known as We 88-101-13)Mother: FR 147-66 (Riesling x Pinot Gris)
Father: We 75-34-13 (Sauvignon blanc x Riesling and Vitis amurensis)
A white Piwi/disease-resistant variety.
Year of breeding: 1988
Country of origin: Germany
Breeder/License holder: Staatlichen Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt für Wein- und Obstbau Weinsberg
Number of clones: 1 (We R10)
Year of entry into the German Federal Office's Varieties Register: 2020
Area planted in Germany:
Area planted in England:
Wine Character:
- colour: white
- bouquet: Sauvignon Blanc aromas, exotic, fresh
- palate: ripe, fruity, mild harmonious acidity
Time of bud-burst: early-middle
Strength of growth: strong, very upright
Growth of side-shoots: medium
Flowering time:
Flowering strength: medium
Leaf:
- size:
- shape:
- colour:
- surface undulation:
- petiolar sinus:
Grape bunch:
- size: medium-large
- density: very loose
Berries:
- size: small-medium
- shape:
- skin colour:
Time of veraison: early
Time of harvest: as Pinots
Grape yield: medium
Must-weight: high
Must-acidity:
Wood ripening: very good
Winter hardiness: very high
Wood colour:
Resistance against:
- Oidium: high
- Peronospora: very high
- Botrytis: high, due to the very loose bunch structure
- Roter Brenner:
- Phomopsis:
- Stem-atrophy:
- Chlorosis:
Preferred soil:
Suitable rootstocks:
Normal stem height:
Normal row spacing:
Vine spacing in the row:
Winter Pruning: eyes/buds per sq. metre of land occupied by the plant.
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