Legenda

Legenda is a Moldovan interspecific white variety bred by N. Guzun and colleagues at the Moldovan research institute for viticulture and winemaking; VIVC gives its parents as Villard Blanc × Traminer Roz (not confirmed by DNA markers), and it is listed in the European catalogue. The cross was made in 1975 and approved in 2003. Its berries are pink with colourless juice, the vine is of medium to strong vigour and ripens medium-late, about 150 days from budburst, at 190–205 g/l of sugar and 6–8 g/l acidity; it withstands frosts down to −23 °C and is fairly resistant to mildew, oidium and grey rot. It gives dry white and sparkling wines with a floral nose recalling rose petals. Plantings are small — about ten hectares by an unofficial estimate.