Viticultural performance of five Merlot clones in Oakville, Napa Valley

American Journal of Enology and Viticulture

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 233-237

  Benz, M Jason ^a   Anderson, Michael M ^a   Williams, Molly A ^a   Barnhisel, Kristen ^a,b   Wolpert, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Handley Cellars   (United States)

Author keywords

Clonal selection; Clone; Vitis vinifera

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745648124     PISSN: 00029254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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