The crossing made by Norbert Becker (Staatliches Weinbauinstitut Freiburg) is a fungus-resistant variety. Parcels planted to this vine are found primarily in Steiermark.
Important ampelographic features
Leaf
pentagonal with three to five lobes, overlapping petiole
Grape cluster
loose to very loose, cylindrical with small secondary wing; rounded berries with green skin and a note of cassis
Ripening
Ripening
very early
early
early to middle
middle
middle to late
late
very late
Significance & conditions
The variety flourishes on medium-depth sites, where it buds early. As a PIWI variety, its resistance against oidium and Peronospora is very great («PIWI» stands for pilzwiderstandsfähig = fungus-resistant), but it tends towards grape withering and palsy of the stems.
Area under vine in each of Austria’s wine-growing regions
(as a proportion of the variety’s total area)
Click on a wine origin in the list to view its wine-growing regions.
Gesamtfläche in Österreich: 80,97
