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Muscaris (originally known as Fr. 493-87)
Mother: Solaris
Father: Muskateller
A white Piwi/disease-resistant variety.
Year of breeding: 1987
Country of origin: Germany
Breeder/License holder: Staatliches Weinbauinstitut Freiburg
Number of clones: 0
Year of entry into the German Federal Office's Varieties Register:
Area planted in Germany: hectares
Area planted in England: very small
Wine Character - colour:
- bouquet: intense, muscat with citrus and exotic fruits
- palate: very fruity, with good acidity
photo by Ursula Brühl, Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof - 76833 Siebeldingen, Germany.
Time of bud-burst: average
Strength of growth: strong
Growth of side-shoots: below average
Flowering time: average
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Grape bunch: - size: medium
- density: loose berries and elongated
Berries: - size: medium, with thick skins with firm pectin-rich flesh
- shape:
- skin colour: green-yellow to golden-yellow
Time of veraison: average-late
Time of harvest: slightly after average-late, about the same time as Pinot Blanc
Grape yield:
Must-weight: very high, 15 to 20 °Oeschle above Muskateller, can reach 90 °Oeschle
Must-acidity:
Resistance against:
- Oidium: high to very high
- Peronospora: high to very high
- Botrytis:
- Roter Brenner:
- Phomopsis
- Stem-atrophy:
- Chlorosis:
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Winter Pruning: eyes/buds per sq. metre of land occupied by the plant.
Advantages: very resistant to diseases, high quality wine, a very interesting variety for planting in England.
Disadvantages: