Villard Blanc Wine Grape Vine

Universal grape variety with a medium-late ripening period. One of the best white hybrid varieties, also referred to as a “direct-producing hybrid” due to its low requirements for cultivation techniques. In Russia, it was used in the 1960s as a parental component in interspecific crossings. Its descendants remain successful table and universal varieties to this day, enriching the varietal spectrum in Russia during the 1970s.
Genetic formula: 56,19% Vitis vinifera + 3,13% Vitis labrusca + 29,16% Vitis rupestris + 6,25% Vitis berlandieri + 5,28% Vitis lincecumii

Parent varieties: interspecific cross Seibel 6468 × Seibel 6905
Flowers: hermaphroditic
Ripening time: medium-late
Shoots: vigorous growth
Clusters: medium-sized, about 200 g in weight, cylindrical-conical, moderately dense
Berries: oval, medium-sized, weight 3–4 g, flesh slightly meaty, skin firm
Berry color: yellow-green
Taste: varietal
Sugar content: high
Yield: high
Frost resistance: −25 °C
Resistance to fungal diseases according to international classification:
Downy mildew 7–9 points
Powdery mildew 7–9 points
Botrytis 7–9 points
Phylloxera 9

The shoots ripen well. It thrives best on light, calcium-rich soils. It produces one of the best white table wines reminiscent of Chardonnay. The variety was once cultivated throughout France, in the northern wine-growing regions of the USA, and in Canada. Today, it is likely in decline, as it has been surpassed by newer universal varieties of this type.