Cabernet Eidos
Also known as: UD 58-083
The late one. PIWI red, Rpv 3, excellent polyphenols and a medium-to-long ageing wine, but it ripens latest in the family, so season length is the binding constraint rather than disease.
Across the consideration criteria
What it makes
Aromatic family
Tasting notes
How it grows
- Cold hardiness
- Hardy to about -8°F
- Ripening
- Late-season
- Vigor
- Moderate
- Disease tolerance
- Moderate, on 2 of 6 pathogens rated
- Drainage need
- Well
- Soil pH
- 6–7
- Graft requirement
- Graft Required
- US availability
- Unavailable
Considerations
Primary buds start to die near -8°F. Cold-tender; wants a mild winter or protected site.
Needs roughly 3100 growing degree-days to ripen, a late-season variety (Winkler III). Wants a long, warm season; marginal in cool regions.
Foliar-disease pressure is light for this variety, a routine spray program in a humid climate. One of the easier vines to keep clean.
Susceptible to Pierce's disease. Only a threat in the warm, humid South and parts of California; cold-winter regions cure it naturally.
Moderate vigor. Easier to balance; tolerates more fertile ground.
Moderate heat tolerance. Comfortable across a moderate heat range.
Moderate water demand. Average moisture needs for a wine grape.
Prefers soil pH between 6.0 and 7.0. Outside the band, lime or sulfur brings it in range.
Phylloxera-susceptible: plant grafted onto resistant rootstock.
These are intrinsic to the grape. On a real property, Folia scores each against your site; here they're shown on their own.
Grows alike
similar to growCabernet Volos
Same heat band (moderate) · Same Winkler band (III)
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Same heat band (moderate) · Same Winkler band (III)
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Same heat band (moderate) · Same Winkler band (III)
Pinotin
Same heat band (moderate) · Both moderate diurnal dependence
Cabernet Cortis
Same heat band (moderate) · Both moderate diurnal dependence
Divico
Same heat band (moderate) · Both moderate diurnal dependence
Climate-adapted alternatives
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Tolerates 22°F more winter cold · Same role (dry table)
Frontenac
Tolerates 22°F more winter cold · Same role (dry table)
Maréchal Foch
Tolerates 22°F more winter cold · Same role (dry table)
Léon Millot
Tolerates 22°F more winter cold · Same role (dry table)
St. Croix
Tolerates 20°F more winter cold · Same role (dry table)
Petite Pearl
Tolerates 25°F more winter cold · Same role (dry table)
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