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Pioneピオーネ

Wineries growing it
14
Awards
8

A large grape descended from Kyoho and Canon Hall Muscat, used for red, rosé and white wines as well as table fruit.

Pione is a large grape bred in 1957 by Hideo Ikawa in Shizuoka, using Kyoho as the female parent and Canon Hall Muscat as the male parent. It was named Pione in 1973, and Okayama later developed into one of its major production areas. The berries are sweet and fragrant with enough acidity to keep the flavour lively, so the grape is still primarily sold as table fruit. Japanese wineries use it for fruit-forward red and rosé wines, and some also make white wine from it. Seedless cultivation is common, which makes the fruit practical to collect for small-scale winemaking.

Japan (Shizuoka, bred by Hideo Ikawa)pronounced sweetnessfragrant aromamoderate acidityrich fruit

Notes on aroma and taste describe general tendencies for this grape, not claims about any particular wine — the actual character depends on the producer and how it is made.

Statements of fact — origin, crossing, plant-variety registration and growing regions — have been checked against public bodies, research institutes, or the breeder (1 sources).

Wineries growing Pione

14 listed wineries are recorded by their sources as growing this grape.