<p>Variety of medium vigor but very fertile.</p>
<p>It resists well to mildew and powdery mildew but is a little sensitive to gray rot.</p>
<p>Clusters and berries are of medium size.</p>
<p>Harvest between mid and end of September (in the south-west)</p>
<p>Villard noir makes it possible to produce colored wines of decent quality.</p>
<p>The bunches are large and conical. The grapes are spherical and quite large with a skin of medium thickness and a firm flesh with a slight musky flavour.</p>
<p>The bunches are average sized with matching round grapes, slightly flat at each end and very golden when mature. The flesh is firm under a thin skin with a very pronounced musky taste.</p>
<p>The round grapes have a juicy and savoury pulp with a pronounced musky taste and golden when ripe, the grapes have a quite large bunches. This truly new variety was created by the National Institute of Agronomic Research, in France(INRA). In addition</p>
<p>It produces large, loose clusters, with fairly large, oval berries. The pulp is crunchy and pleasantly fragrant. It is also very insensitive to cryptogamic diseases.</p>