spaniel
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Right now I have 20 Marachel Foch and 18 Oberlin Noir. The Foch have not been quite as hardy as I was hoping; I don't totally blame them as we've had 3 drought years, but this year they were apparently weak enough that I lost 5 down to the root from a late frost (previously they had wintered very cold temps just fine so I think it was the drought stress).
The Oberlin Noir are extremely vigorous, but not enough crop to know how the wine will be yet.
As I'm not yet getting the volume of red wine I want per year, I've decided to put in another 20 vines. I have the option of adding more of the same varieties I already have, or adding a third. I am considering Marquette. It is more than hardy enough for our weather here (west of Indianapolis), and I've read that it makes good wine. Any experience with Marquette? I know it was developed for more north of here but I am not familiar with any reason I should NOT grow it here.
The Oberlin Noir are extremely vigorous, but not enough crop to know how the wine will be yet.
As I'm not yet getting the volume of red wine I want per year, I've decided to put in another 20 vines. I have the option of adding more of the same varieties I already have, or adding a third. I am considering Marquette. It is more than hardy enough for our weather here (west of Indianapolis), and I've read that it makes good wine. Any experience with Marquette? I know it was developed for more north of here but I am not familiar with any reason I should NOT grow it here.