The variety reaches excellent quality and production increases as the vines mature, then as age progresses the volumes tend to be reduced most probably due to the precociousness of the varietal and its natural tendency to bare low yields. It does not like sudden changes in temperature and prefers cold, stable climates and soils suited to its constant demands for attention, both in cultivation and in production in the cellar.

As a demanding vine, it did not make life easy for growers who welcomed it outside its native environment, with difficult and unrewarding harvests, so much so that it was only after years of research and various attempts that the first satisfactory results were achieved.