Grapevine Dimyat - Late Ripening

The DIMYAT variety is an old local variety.  In Bulgaria it is widely grown in the plantings along the Black Sea coast, in the Shumen and Stara Zagora regions, where it is zoned to this day. It used to occupy about 20% of the area of wine varieties.   Agrobiological characteristics: the variety is late-ripening (in the Black Sea region it ripens in the first half of October, and in the Plovdiv region around the end of September). The bunch is medium to large, moderately compact to loose. The berry is medium-large, juicy, sweet, covered with a yellow-green, medium thick, tough, firm skin. The variety has good affinity with the rootstocks common in the country, but the most suitable for it is rootstock 41 B.   Leaf: medium, oval lengthwise, moderately cut, 5-lobed, downy. The blade is curled upwards in a dish shape, with a strongly reticulate-wrinkled to finely blistered surface. The outline of the middle lobe forms an acute angle. The middle lobe ends in an elongated tooth. The upper sinuses are medium deep, open, lyre-shaped, with parallel sides and a pointed base. The lower sinuses are open, shallow, angle-shaped. The petiolar sinus is open, lyre-shaped, with a pointed base, sometimes closed, with an elliptical opening. The teeth are large, triangular, with a broad base. The veins up to the first branching on the upper side, and sometimes on the underside, are coloured wine-red. The petiole is medium long, slightly downy and strongly bristly. The autumn colour of the leaf is yellow.   Flower: hermaphrodite.    Bunch: medium, conical, sometimes winged, moderately compact. The stalk is medium long, thick, woody at the base, brittle. Berry — large, oval, greenish-yellow. The skin is thin and tender. The flesh is juicy, tasty, fresh, with a slight vanilla note. The pedicel is medium long, thin, with a large flat cushion.   Dimyat is a late wine and table variety. Its grapes ripen in the second half of September. It has vigorous growth, high fertility and high yield. It grows well on slopes with skeletal and limestone soils. It suffers from drought. It is resistant to rot, but sensitive to low temperatures. Its grapes yield ordinary white table wines and high-quality material for cognac distillate. It suffers from drought. It is resistant to rot, but sensitive to low temperatures. Its grapes yield ordinary white table wines and high-quality material for cognac distillate.