- This is Vin Jaune (Yellow Wine) from the Jura (near the Swiss border in France). It is made in a dry, oxidative style utilizing late harvested Savagnin grapes.
- Since 2009 it has been known that the vineyards in Australia which thought they were planting Albarino were in fact planting Savagnin.
- Savagnin Blanc (not to be confused with Sauvignon Blanc) is an ancient white wine grape from the sub-alpine regions of eastern France.
- Variety: Savagnin. Vine Age: 6 years old. Terroir: Glacial moraines, molasse, yellow clay.
- In the Jura region, where Savagnin is most typical, it seems to grow best on grey marl soils and ripens slowly.
- Savagnin is a member of Traminer family and, unlike the other forms with aromatic and/or reddish berries, it is both non-aromatic and has white fruit.
- During this slow process, the yeast dies, breaks down, and thus participates in the olfactory and sensory complexity and diversity of distinctive Savagnin.
- sauvignon blanc. savagnin. sylvaner. syrah. ... riesling. sauvignon blanc. savagnin. sylvaner.