Mother:  Regent
Father:  Lemberger

A red Piwi/disease-resistant variety.

Year of breeding: 1986
Country of origin: Germany
Breeder/License holder: Julius Kühn Institute, Bundesforschungsanstalt für Rebenzüchtung Geilweilerhof, at Siebeldingen/Rheinpfalz
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Year of entry into the German Federal Office's Varieties Register: 2004 / 2011
Area planted in Germany in : hectares
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Wine Character - colour: intense red, without violet tone
                      - bouquet: fine fruit aromas
                      - palate: dense red wine with well integrated tannins, smooth and long lasting.

photo by Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof - 76833 Siebeldingen, Germany.

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Strength of growth: upright
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Resistance against:
        - Oidium: good
        - Peronospora: low, attention should be paid to good canopy management in the vineyard.
        - Botrytis: very good; due to its firm berry skin, infestation occurs very rarely.
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Winter Pruning:      eyes/buds per sq. metre of land occupied by the plant.

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