Narrative
Per Hedrick (see citation): "A profitable red wine grape. Season: mid-season (third period). Merits: combines quality with quantity; resists diseases well. Vine: strong, upright, fruitful. Wood: thick, pretty hard, of a reddish colour; joints not very long; nodes strong and swollen. Buds, hairy white. Leaves: strong, light green, three to five lobes, not very indented; glabrous on upper surface, and somewhat cottony on underside; leaf-stalk and veins red; dies yellow with red patches. Bunch: learge, winged, and conical; berries close set, black, with blue bloom, oblong, juicy. Cultural notes: Very fruitful in soils well adapted to its growth. Does remarkably well on hillsides, where it produces a wine full of chracter, with a rich grenat colour, suitable for blending. It also does well in heavy or in loamy soil. The buds burst late, and is therefore late affected by light frost; the bunches se very well; resists well cryptogamic fungoid diseases. Does not do so well in sandy land, where its yield is not so great. In damp places the vine is liable to rot at the crown, and shoots come up again from the roots; in rich soil it grows wood and leaves too luxuriantly for fruit production. The lower buds being fruitful and growth erect, short puring suits it best." Information taken from www.wine-lovers-page.com: "Late-budding red-wine grape found in the Rioja region of Spain. Sensitive to diseases such as downy mildew."