Grape, Marquette

Hardy and highly disease resistant with excellent wine quality. This University of Minnesota release has superb wine-grape parentage that includes Frontenac and Pinot noir. The berries have a high sugar content and moderate acidity, producing wines with ruby-red color and a bouquet with notes of cherry, berry, black pepper and spice. Resists Downy Mildew, Powdery Mildew and Black Rot. Plants have an open, orderly growth habit. Good candidate for making ice wine. Ripens mid-September.