Levitage (originally known as We 94-26-37)
Mother: Regent
Father: Acolon
A new Red Piwi disease-resistant variety
Year of breeding: 1994
Country of origin: Germany
Breeder/License holder: Staatliche Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt fur Wein- und Obstbau, Weinsberg, Dr Bernd Hill
Number of clones: 1 (We R 30)
Year of entry into the German Federal Office's Varieties Register:
Area planted in Germany:
Area planted in England: none
Wine Character - colour: good red colour, full-bodied, rounded and warm with a harmonious tannin structure
- bouquet: aromas of wild berries and cherries
- palate: Dornfelder-like
Time of bud-burst: medium-late
Strength of growth: slightly above average, very upright growth
Growth of side-shoots: low
Flowering time: average
Flowering strength: medium-high
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Grape bunch: - size: large;
- density: medium-loose
Berries: - size: medium;
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Time of harvest: average
Grape yield: high
Must-weight:
Must-acidity: middle, stable
Wood ripening: good
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Chlorosis resistance:
Susceptibility to - Oidium: low
- Peronospora: low
- Botrytis: very low (the skin is very firm)
- Roter Brenner:
- Phomopsis
- Stem-atrophy:
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Winter Pruning: eyes/buds per sq. metre of land occupied by the plant.
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