🍇 Trebbiano Toscano
A white Italian grape called Ugni Blanc in France; used for wine and Cognac.
Trebbiano Toscano is a white wine grape, one of the most widely planted in Italy. In France it is called Ugni Blanc. It goes both into wine and into the distillate for Cognac. Its homeland is Italy: it is grown in Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna. The berries give plenty of juice with high acidity and low sugar. So the wines are usually light, fresh and neutral, with notes of lemon and green apple. It is also used for Vin Santo, the Italian sweet wine from dried grapes. In France, Ugni Blanc covers large areas. Wine is made from it and then distilled into Cognac and Armagnac. The acidity and low strength suited to distillation make the wine a convenient base for brandy. The grape is valued not for bright flavour but for reliability and high yields. One variety being known under different names in different countries is common in winemaking.
How it connects to Wine
🍇 Trebbiano Toscano → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- What is made from it
- 🥃 Fine Champagne, 🥃 Bas Armagnac, 🥃 Armagnac Ténarèze, 🥃 Haut Armagnac, 🥃 Bois Ordinaires, 🥃 Bons Bois, 🥃 Borderies, 🥃 Fine Bordeaux, 🥃 Fins Bois, 🥃 Grande Champagne
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Italian wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Tuscany, 🥃 Cognac, 🥃 Armagnac, 📍 Emilia-Romagna
- Main grape in
- 📜 Bianco di Pitigliano, 📜 Custoza, 📜 Vin Santo del Chianti Classico
- Related to
- 🥃 Brandy
- Similar and different
- 🍇 Trebbiano
Frequently asked questions
What is Ugni Blanc?
The French name of the Trebbiano Toscano grape.
What is this grape used for?
For light white wines and for making Cognac and Armagnac, where the wine is distilled into brandy.
Where does Trebbiano Toscano grow?
In Italy, mainly Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna, and in France under the name Ugni Blanc.
What to read next
- 🍇 Trebbiano — A name shared by several Italian white grapes; the best known is Trebbiano Toscano (Ugni Blanc), 111,000 ha worldwide (OIV, 2015).
- 🗺️ Italian wine — The country's wine and winemaking: regions, grape varieties, appellations.
- 📜 Vin Santo del Chianti Classico — A sweet wine from partly dried grapes, long aged in small casks, from Chianti Classico.
- 🥃 Fine Champagne — Fine Champagne is an additional name for cognac: a blend of eaux-de-vie only from the Grande and Petite Champagne crus, with at least 50% Grande Champagne. It is not champagne wine and not an age mark.
- 🥃 Fine Bordeaux — French PGI wine spirit from Bordeaux: white wines of Ugni blanc, Colombard and Sémillon, double distillation in copper, at least a year in oak, from 40% ABV.
Similar
🍇 Colombard · 🍇 Folle Blanche · 🍇 Baco Blanc · 🍇 Trebbiano Romagnolo · 🍇 Folignan · 🍇 Prugnolo Gentile