(a.k.a Trebbiano). Widely grown in Italy and Southern France. There it produces a fruity, acidic white wine, best drunk when young and chilled. In the Cognac region of France and in Australia it is known as the St. Émilion variety. Australian growers also know this variety under the alias names of White Hermitage and White Shiraz.
Ninety percent of the brandies that become cognac are made from this grape variety, which is known all across southern Europe as trebbiano. VS: (for Very Special), also called *** (or Three Stars) is at least two and a half years old. Its youngest eau-de-vie is under four and a half years old.
(aka Trebbiano). Widely grown in Italy and Southern France. There it produces a fruity, acidic white wine, best drunk when young and chilled. In the Cognac region of France it is known as the Saint-Emilion grape.
is the same grape as Italy's Trebbiano and is by a distance the most widely planted white grape in the world. As well as France and Italy it is grown in North and South America, Australia and South Africa. It produces relatively dull wine but because it delivers enormous yields and retains high acidity it remains popular with growers. Possibly its most successful incarnation is as the grape used in the production of Cognac where the adage the worse the wine, the better the brandy is confirmed.
A white wine grape grown in many areas of France, particularly the Cognac and Armagnac regions. In Italy the variety is called Trebbiano. The wines are low in alcohol, crisp, and fruity. In Cognac, the name of the varietal is Saint-Emilion; it is the principal grape used in making brandy.
The grape variety that is most commonly used to make Cognac.