Non-certified: Cannot be shipped to New York, Missouri, Idaho, California or Oregon.
A very early ripening red, of Swiss origin. This cross of Gamay Noir and Reichensteiner does not gain high sugars, but has low acids when ripe, making it an excellent grape for blending with higher sugar, high acid juice. Under 1600 GDD needed to ripen.
Wine Grape Notes
- Provide support
- Annual pruning required for full crops
- Cane prune and summer shoot thin for best production
- Space 4-8′ at planting
- Hardy to Zone 5 when established
- For large quantities, contact us about custom propagation
- Non-certified grapes cannot be shipped to New York, Missouri, Idaho, California or Oregon Contact us for availability of certified vines
- Requires container production, inspection and drench to ship to Oregon (fee applies)
Hardy to Zone 5
We ship plants from mid-February to late April to all states within the U.S., as weather and state agricultural restrictions permit. Because we are unable to guarantee the success and health of your plant outside of the U.S., we do not currently ship to other countries.
