Mother: Villaris
Father: known as VRH/Mtp 3159-2-12, a complex intergeneric cross between Vitis vinifera x Muscadinia rotundifolia. Bred by INRA at Montpellier.
            It contains genes from Vitis berlandieri, Vitis rupestris and Vitis vinifera, as well as Muscadinia.

A white Piwi/disease-resistant variety. The French term for this is ResDur.

One of the first four French varieties resistant to fungal diseases, that in 2021 have become affiliated to the Vitis vinifera L. botanical taxon by the European Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO).
Now eligible for producing PDO wines; and on the fast track to French AOC recognition, a move that was previously unthinkable.

The cross-breeding strategy, using the technique of Marker-Assisted Selection (MAS), based on knowledge of resistance genes, is specific to the INRA ResDur program.
This has enabled selection of varieties which combine two downy mildew resistance genes and two powdery mildew resistance genes, originating from the species Vitis rotundifolia and a group of species dominated by Vitis rupestris. These new varieties are technically neither crossings nor hybrids.

The polygenic resistance of these varieties allows huge reducion in operating costs relating to the use of plant health products; 85% reduction in the use of treatments with fungicides, herbicides and insecticides.

Year of breeding: 2002; a new project was launched in 2000 by INRA (Montpellier, France) in collaboration with the the Julius Kühn Institute (Siebeldingen, Rheinpfalz, Germany).

Country of origin: France and Germany, certified in 2017
Breeder/License holder: the French National Research Institute for Agriculture and the Environment (INRAE)

Number of clones: 1 (has the number 1265)

Year of entry into the French Varieties Register: 2018. It is on the A list and classified.

Area planted in France: 1.7 hectares in 2018
Area planted in England: none

Wine Character:
        - colour: white
        - bouquet: expressive, rather aromatic and fresh, with exotic fruits and box wood aromas
        - palate: full bodied

Photo by the French National Research Institute for Agriculture and the Environment (INRAE).

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Strength of growth: vigorous, semi-erect
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        - size: small
        - density: loose
Berries:
        - size: medium, with a moderately thick skin and a soft, averagely juicy pulp.
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Time of veraison: very late, 5 days after Chardonnay
Time of harvest: late, a few days after Chardonnay

Grape yield: medium-high, above Chardonnay
Must-weight: 1.3 g/l below Chardonnay
Must-acidity: a little below Chardonnay

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Resistance against:
        - Oidium: completely resistant
        - Peronospora: completely resistant
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Preferred soil: it is susceptible to magnesium deficiency.
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Winter Pruning:      eyes/buds per sq. metre of land occupied by the plant.

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