- Ripening: Mid-late season.
- French hybrid created for cold hardiness to withstand cool French winters; became a historically significant grape in early Finger Lakes viticulture.
- Noted for intense acidity, lending to balance in sweeter wines.
- Widely known for ice wine production in Canada, and some can be found here in the Finger Lakes as well; championed for ice wines here by some of the longstanding producers in the region.
