Definitions for "UGNI BLANC"
(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.