Vignoles
Also known as: Ravat 51
Exceptional for sweet/late-harvest, but very tight clusters make botrytis/bunch rot a real management burden.
Across the consideration criteria
What it makes
Aromatic family
Tasting notes
How it grows
- Cold hardiness
- -15°F
- Ripening
- Late-season
- Vigor
- Low
- Disease tolerance
- Low
- Drainage need
- Well
- Soil pH
- 6–7
- Graft requirement
- Graft Recommended
- US availability
- Widely Available
Considerations
Primary buds start to die near -15°F. Handles a normal cold-climate winter, but a hard freeze is a risk.
Needs roughly 3050 growing degree-days to ripen, a late-season variety (Winkler III). Wants a long, warm season; marginal in cool regions.
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.
Low vigor. Easier to balance; tolerates more fertile ground.
High heat tolerance. Holds up to a hot, sunny season.
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-tolerant: own-rooted vines are fine.
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 growTraminette
Same heat band (high) · Same Winkler band (III)
Ambulo Blanc
Same heat band (high) · Same Winkler band (III)
Caminante Blanc
Same heat band (high) · Same Winkler band (III)
Villard Blanc
Same heat band (high) · Same Winkler band (III)
Chardonel
Same heat band (high) · Same Winkler band (III)
Stover
Same heat band (high) · Both moderate diurnal dependence
Climate-adapted alternatives
more resilient picksCarlos (Muscadine)
Better downy mildew + powdery mildew resistance (6 pathogen-steps improved) · Same role (sweet)
Noble (Muscadine)
Better downy mildew + powdery mildew resistance (6 pathogen-steps improved) · Same role (sweet)
Magnolia (Muscadine)
Better downy mildew + powdery mildew resistance (6 pathogen-steps improved) · Same role (sweet)
Doreen (Muscadine)
Better downy mildew + powdery mildew resistance (6 pathogen-steps improved) · Same role (sweet)
Tara (Muscadine)
Better downy mildew + powdery mildew resistance (6 pathogen-steps improved) · Same role (sweet)
Triumph (Muscadine)
Better downy mildew + powdery mildew resistance (6 pathogen-steps improved) · Same role (sweet)
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