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Gewurztraminer


Location:  Athens, TX

Elevation:  480ft +/- 10ft

Soil:  Sandy-Loam

Color:  White

Grape Variety:  Hybrid

Training of Vines:  Mid-Wire VSP

Rootstock:  3309

Spacing:  4ft

Yield per Vine:  NA

Year Planted:  2008

Harvest:  Mid-Late Season

Uses:  Wine

 

CharacteristicsA Gewurztraminer hybrid from the Geneva Breeding Program. This hybrid produces wines of excellent quality, often spicy, with good sugar/acid Ph balance. Vine is much more winter hardy than its Gewurztraminer parent, productive, and moderately resistant to powdery mildew.