white grape · major international
Trebbiano
Tuscany, Italy
Say it
treh·byah·nohtohs·kah·noh
On the palate
lemonlimegreen applepearwhite peachhoneysuckle
How you spot it blind: piercing acidity on a stripped-back, intentionally neutral frame
The story
First written down · 13th century, Tuscany
After phylloxera devastated French vineyards in the late 19th century, disease-resistant Ugni Blanc replaced Folle Blanche as Cognac's dominant distillation grape and now constitutes roughly 95% of all Cognac production.
Where it lives
Tuscany (Italy) · Lazio (Italy) · Umbria (Italy) · Abruzzo (Italy) · Cognac — Charente (France, as Ugni Blanc) · Armagnac — Gascony (France, as Ugni Blanc) · Ribatejo (Portugal, as Thalia)
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Also answers to Ugni Blanc, Procanico, Trebbiano Toscano.