Villard Blanc
Also known as: S.V. 12-375
French-American hybrid (Seyve-Villard 12-375) white. PD-tolerant but with a caveat: holds up to PD when properly managed and NOT overcropped; shows some symptoms under heat/drought stress. Used as a breeding parent for both powdery-mildew r
Across the consideration criteria
What it makes
Aromatic family
Tasting notes
How it grows
- Cold hardiness
- -5°F
- Ripening
- Late-season
- Vigor
- High
- Disease tolerance
- Very high
- Drainage need
- Moderately Well
- Soil pH
- 5.5–7.5
- Graft requirement
- Graft Recommended
- US availability
- Available
Considerations
Primary buds start to die near -5°F. Cold-tender; wants a mild winter or protected site.
Needs roughly 3300 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.
Tolerant to Pierce's disease. Only a threat in the warm, humid South and parts of California; cold-winter regions cure it naturally.
High vigor. Wants leaner ground and active canopy management, or fruit hides in shade.
High heat tolerance. Holds up to a hot, sunny season.
Moderate water demand. Average moisture needs for a wine grape.
Prefers soil pH between 5.5 and 7.5. 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.
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