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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: red, good 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: late

Strength of growth: slightly above average, very upright growth
Growth of side-shoots: low

Flowering time: 
Flowering strength: medium-high

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        - surface undulation:                - petiolar sinus: 

Grape bunch: - size: large;                      - density: loose
Berries:        - size: medium;                     - shape: 
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Time of veraison: 
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Grape yield: high
Must-weight: 
Must-acidity: middle, stable

Wood ripening: good
Winter hardiness: 
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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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