Vidal blanc
Vidal blanc is a French-American hybrid grape. It
has large clusters of medium to small size berries with small russet
dots on them. Vines should be cluster thinned.
The vines are moderately winter hardy and
susceptible to several fungus diseases including powdery mildew and
anthracnose. Vidal blanc is harvested about a week or two before
Concord. The clusters resist rot and can stay on the vine for a longer
period of time compared to Seyval blanc.
Vidal blanc is processed as a white wine grape and
is not fermented on the skins. Vidal blanc makes a very good white
wine with fruity and floral notes. It can be describes as "Germanic"
in style and is light green to straw in color.
