white grape · near-extinct
Sumoll Blanc
Tarragona / Penedès, Catalonia, Spain
Say it
soo·molblahnk
Final -ll is a Catalan palatal lateral (/ʎ/, as in Italian 'mille'), not a plain English 'l'; Blanc rhymes approximately with 'bonk' in Catalan.
On the palate
lemonpineapplewhite peachalmondfennelchamomile
How you spot it blind: near-extinct Catalan white genetically independent from red Sumoll despite the shared name
The story
2009 DNA profiling established Sumoll Blanc as a variety genetically independent from the red Sumoll, with unknown parentage, disproving the assumption it was merely a color mutation.
Where it lives
Penedès · Tarragona · DO Catalunya · DO Conca de Barberà
Shows up as
still white