Humagne Blanche | |
Color: | Blanc |
Species: | Vitis vinifera |
Also Called: | Humagne, Humagne Blanc |
Origin: | Switzerland |
Regions: | Valais |
Humagne Blanche or Humagne is a white Swiss wine grape[1] planted primarily in the Valais region. The total Swiss plantations of the variety in 2009 stood at .[2]
The grape produces a full bodied wine that is richer than Amigne and Petite Arvine, but more neutral in flavour than the latter.[3] [4]
DNA profiling at Changins in Switzerland and Aosta in Italy established that Humagne Blanche is not related to the red Swiss variety Humagne Rouge.[4]