French name, Italian roots

Ugni Blanc

Ugni Blanc is the French name for Trebbiano Toscano, a white grape valued less for perfume than for precision: high acidity, reliable yields, modest alcohol and a clean, neutral base-wine character. In France, those quiet qualities became essential. Ugni Blanc is the main grape behind Cognac and a key variety in Armagnac, where freshness and restraint are exactly what the still needs.

A grape of quiet service: Italian by origin, French by destiny, and indispensable to some of Europe’s great distilled traditions.