white grape · regional specialty
Doña Blanca
Galicia, Spain
Say it
doh·nyahblahn·kah
The ñ is the Spanish palatal nasal /ɲ/; stress on first syllable of each word
On the palate
Body
light
Acidity
medium
Aromatics
pronounced
orange blossompearlemongreen appleorange peelwhite peach
How you spot it blind: fragrant orange blossom aromas on a light, delicate white with phenolic bitterness risk
The story
First written down · 1513, Castile, Spain
First recorded in Alonso de Herrera's 1513 survey of Castilian varieties; Portuguese documentation from roughly the same era appears under the synonym Alvaro de Sousa in the Douro.
Family tree: CAYETANA BLANCA × unknown
Where it lives
Valdeorras, Spain · Bierzo, Spain · Monterrei, Spain · Ribeira Sacra, Spain
Shows up as
still white
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