Life Style / Wine Grapes / Landot Noir: Has synonym name Landot 4511. Cold-hardy French-american hybrid variety with complex French/American hybrid cultivars (ie. Landot 244 x Eger 2) as parents. Very vigorous variety with good cold hardiness to about -20 deg. F (ca. -28 C). Reported to have late bud break and early maturity in U.S. Zone 4 with some susceptibilty to Downy Mildew . Mainly used for making fruity red wine of mild intensity that ages well and has had international medal recognition. Claimed by some to possess moderate resistance to Pierce's Disease and is successfully grown in several middle-latitude states of the U.S.A.
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