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Vilbery
type: Cider
synonyms: Vileberie, Vilberry, Villebery
identification: Medium tending to large, round. The base colour is green which is washed and striped red on over half the surface.
uses: Very bitter and intended for making hard cider.
origins: Originated in the La Guerche region in Brittany (France) during the 1800s.
cultivation: Vigorous, large tree, upright spreading. Semi-spur. Produces heavy crops but on a biennial basis. The limbs have a tendency to break under heavy loads.
cold storage: Keeps up to a month.
vulnerabilities: Susceptible to mildew and blight.
harvest: Starting in the middle of the fifth period.
juice character: Produces an amber must with a high level of astringency that makes a stout, full bodied cider. Best blended to tone down the dominant bitterness.
Brix 11.5, tannin 0.52%, acidity 0.22%. Estery, metallic with hints of bark.
juice_classification: Bittersweet
pollination group: G
pollination peak: 27
ploidism: Diploid. Self fertile.
brix: 11.5
tannins: 5.2
acidity: 2.2
harvest period: 5
sg: 1.0462
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