RARE GRAPE VARIETAL RESOURCE

A premium grape that was first identified in Ohio in 1849 and named by the nursery owner A. J. Downing of Newburgh, NY. It produces a white wine that is great either alone or in blends. Delaware makes a quality dry or semi-dry white wine. It prefers a rich, but not too rich, loam or slightly clay loam soil. It is winter hardy. The medium-sized vine has moderate to average vigor and productivity. It is resistant to fungus diseases. Delaware ripens early mid-season to mid-season, with high sugar levels. It can hang on the vine for a long time to produce exceptional dessert wines. Delaware is versatile in the cellar. It can make delicate and interesting fruity/floral dry table or sparkling wines. The wines have flavors of white peaches, guava, honey, ripe bananas, and almonds with a musky element in both the nose and body. Semi-sweet or late harvest wines possess ripe guava, honey, apricots, orange rinds, ripe bananas, muscat, and almond flavors.(https://www.hudsonvalleyheritagewines.com/heritage-vines)

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