Cabernet Volos
Also known as: UD 32-078
PIWI red, Rpv 12, spur-prunable, deep pigment and excellent sugar. Two cautions from the breeder: powdery is only 'fairly good', and the breeder flags black rot, which is where the eastern US exposure sits.
Across the consideration criteria
What it makes
Aromatic family
Tasting notes
How it grows
- Cold hardiness
- Hardy to about -11°F
- Ripening
- Mid-season
- Vigor
- Moderate
- Disease tolerance
- High, on 4 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 -11°F. Handles a normal cold-climate winter, but a hard freeze is a risk.
Needs roughly 2850 growing degree-days to ripen, a mid-season variety (Winkler III). A mid-length season carries it most years.
Foliar-disease pressure is moderate for this variety, a regular spray program in a humid climate. Regular cover sprays through the wet months.
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 Eidos
Same heat band (moderate) · Same Winkler band (III)
Merlot Kanthus
Same heat band (moderate) · Same Winkler band (III)
Merlot Khorus
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
more resilient picksLéon Millot
Better black rot resistance (2 pathogen-steps improved) · Tolerates 19°F more winter cold
Corot Noir
Better powdery mildew + black rot resistance (3 pathogen-steps improved) · Tolerates 5°F more winter cold
Norton
Better powdery mildew + black rot resistance (3 pathogen-steps improved) · Tolerates 4°F more winter cold
Noiret
Better powdery mildew + black rot resistance (3 pathogen-steps improved) · Tolerates 4°F more winter cold
Petite Pearl
Better black rot resistance · Tolerates 22°F more winter cold
Champanel
Better powdery mildew + black rot resistance (3 pathogen-steps improved) · Same role (dry table)
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