Wines made from Humagne rouge grapes of Switzerland
Discover the best wines made with Humagne rouge as a single variety or as a blend of Switzerland.
More informations about the variety Humagne rouge
It is a variety of Valle d'Aosta origin and, like Arvine, it is also found in Italy. In the past, it was cultivated in Savoy and registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties, list B, under the name of red humagne, but it is not related to white humagne. According to recent genetic analyses, the Swiss variety Cornalin du Valais is its father and Rèze its grandmother. It is also the grandson of the petit rouge d' Aoste.
More informations about the wines of Switzerland
Switzerland may not be the most famous of wine-producing nations, but this small mountainous country in Western Europe has been producing wine for over two thousand years. The lack of awareness of Swiss wine is not due to a lack of quality or quantity, but to the fact that it is produced primarily for (and enjoyed by) the Swiss themselves. But things are slowly changing; the world beyond the Alps is now discovering the high quality of much of Switzerland's Grape/pinot">Pinot noir and white wines made from the country's flagship grape, Chasselas. High-end Vineyards can be found in almost every corner of the country, but the vast majority are in the Alpine Valais and around Lake Geneva, in La Côte and Vaud/lavaux">Lavaux.
What are the typical flavors of the Humagne rouge grape variety?
- Red fruitPresent in 26% of Humagne rouge
- OakPresent in 21% of Humagne rouge
- EarthPresent in 20% of Humagne rouge
- Black fruitPresent in 14% of Humagne rouge
- SpicesPresent in 14% of Humagne rouge
- Non oakPresent in 13% of Humagne rouge
- MicrobioPresent in 5% of Humagne rouge
- OakyPresent in 2% of Humagne rouge
- PepperPresent in 2% of Humagne rouge
- BlackberryPresent in 1% of Humagne rouge
- Red plumPresent in 1% of Humagne rouge
- StrawberriesPresent in 1% of Humagne rouge
- TobaccoPresent in 1% of Humagne rouge
- Milk chocolatePresent in 1% of Humagne rouge
- CassisPresent in 1% of Humagne rouge
- RaspberryPresent in 1% of Humagne rouge
- VanillaPresent in 1% of Humagne rouge
- GamePresent in 1% of Humagne rouge
- CedarPresent in 1% of Humagne rouge
- ClovePresent in 1% of Humagne rouge
News about the grape variety Humagne rouge
Resolution in Valencian wine region border conflict
‘Por fin se ha hecho justicia.’ (Finally, justice has been served) This strongly-worded statement was made by the Denomination of Origin Utiel-Requena in Spain’s Autonomous Region of Valencia as part of a press announcement in July. It refers to a Spanish Supreme Court ruling that was fully ratified at the end of September, closing a decade-long conflict between the region’s three DOs that pitted Valencia against Utiel-Requena and Alicante. The latter two had demanded that grapes fro ...
Fugitive who masterminded £46.6m wine fraud will return to London for confiscation hearing
Livio Mazzarello, 62, was found guilty of money laundering and evading excise duty and VAT on an ‘industrial scale’ in July 2017. He had been selling cases of wine under the counter for cash at The Italian Wine Company in Neasden, northwest London. This fraud allowed the company to dodge VAT and duty on millions of bottles of wine, which were sold wholesale to UK retailers. The total loss to HMRC, the UK’s tax authority, reached £46,579,257.32 between June 2008 and March 2013, according to court ...
Latvia’s Raimonds Tomsons named world’s best sommelier
More than 4,000 wine professionals and enthusiasts gathered in the French capital to watch the world’s best sommeliers vie for glory. Local favourite Pascaline Lepeltier, a Master Sommelier from Anjou, was eliminated at the semi-final stage, leaving just three experts to battle for the title. Tomsons was up against Nina Jensen of Denmark and China’s Reeze Choi, all of whom were put through their paces in a series of tasks designed to test their knowledge, tasting skills, service acumen and abili ...