Prior vine on SO4 rootstock (Piwi - resistant)

General information about the vine variety Prior:

Prior is a variety with similar requirements to Pinot Noir. Harvest maturity is also reached shortly after Pinot Noir.

Grapes :

A mold resistant, red new variety, with neutral to fruity wines

Wine :

It is considered the best mid-late red variety among the resistant varieties. It gives a soft, full-bodied wine with intense color, rich in phenols. On the nose it has complex and pleasant aromas with slightly spicy and ripe fruit notes.

Cultivation advice for Prior vines:

High disease resistance to downy and powdery mildew. Medium resistance to botrytis.

Preparation of vine variety Prior :

Put your vine in a bucket of water for 24 hours. This way it can suckle itself full again before planting out.

Ground preparation :

You can improve your soil with lava grit (if lime soil) or with bentonite and lava flour (if sandy soil).

Planting out a grapevine :

Make a hole with a diameter of 10 cm and +/- 30 cm deep with a ground drill or spade. And plant the vine with the graft just above the ground. The vine may come out of the ground between 5 and 10 cm. Plant your vines between May 1 and May 15 and leave 1 meter between the plants and 1.5 to 1.8 meters between the rows.

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