Cabernet Cubin  (originally known as We 70-281-35)

Year of entry into the German Federal Office's Varieties Register: 14 April, 2005
Area planted in Germany in December 2006: 68.5 hectares
Area planted in England: none

Wine Character - colour: intense
                      - bouquet: 
                      - palate: tannic Cabernet Sauvignon style, very high in sugar-free extract

Time of bud-burst: average

Strength of growth: strong, upright growing
Growth of side-shoots: low (to average)

Flowering time: middle to late
Flowering strength: middle to good, reliable

Leaf: - size:                                    - shape: 
        - colour: 
        - surface undulation:                - petiolar sinus: 

Grape bunch: - size: medium-large     - density: loose
Berries:        - size: average              - shape: 
                   - skin colour: 

Time of veraison: late
Time of harvest: very late

Grape yield: high
Must-weight: high
Must-acidity: medium-high

Wood ripening: 
Winter hardiness: 
Wood colour: 

Chlorosis resistance: 
Susceptibility to - Oidium:                               - Peronospora: 
                       - Botrytis:                              - Roter Brenner: 
                       - Phomopsis:                          - Stem-atrophy: 

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.

Advantages: 

Disadvantages: In England it would need an exceptional site or a polytunnel.