Humagne Blanche Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.vivc.de/datasheet/dataResult.php?data=5450 Humagne Blanc
  2. http://www.weinlandschweiz.ch/files/weinjahr_2009.pdf Office fédéral de l’agriculture OFAG: Das Weinjahr 2009 / L'année d'viticole 2009
  3. J. Robinson Jancis Robinson's Wine Course Third Edition pg 112 Abbeville Press 2003
  4. Encyclopedia: . . Third . Humagne Blanche . 2006 . Oxford University Press . Oxford . 0-19-860990-6 . 347 .