The red grape variety is an interspecific new variety between Eger 2 (Villard Blanc) x Magaracsi Esemege. Synonyms are Eszter and Royal Esther. It contains genes from Vitis berlandieri, Vitis rupestris and Vitis vinifera. The hybrid was crossed in 1969 in Hungary by grower Sandor Szegedi.

The very early ripening variety is resistant to frost, powdery mildew and downy mildew (strong) as well as botrytis, but susceptible to coulure. It is used as a Keltertraubewine grape and table grape.
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