Amigne Explained

Amigne
Color:Blanc
Species:Vitis vinifera
Also Called:Amigne Blanche, Amique
Origin:Switzerland
Regions:Valais

Amigne is a white Swiss wine grape[1] planted primarily in the Valais region, with most of the plantations in Vetroz. Total Swiss plantations of the variety in 2009 stood at .[2]

The grape can make rich, full bodied wines. Dry Amigne wines are powerful with linden aromas, and it is also used for sweet dried grape wines (flétri), which tend to have citrus fruit and bitter almond aromas.

DNA profiling at UC Davis has indicated a parent-offspring relationship between Amigne and Petit Meslier, which was unexpected from a classical ampelographic point of view.[3] (It was previously believed to be related to Petite Arvine.[4])

Synonyms

Amigne is also known under the synonyms Amigne Blanche and Amique.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.vivc.de/datasheet/dataResult.php?data=425 Amigne
  2. http://www.weinlandschweiz.ch/files/weinjahr_2009.pdf Office fédéral de l’agriculture OFAG: Das Weinjahr 2009 / L'année d'viticole 2009
  3. Encyclopedia: . . Third . Amigne . 2006 . Oxford University Press . Oxford . 0-19-860990-6 . 20 .
  4. J. Robinson Jancis Robinson's Wine Course Third Edition pg 100 Abbeville Press 2003