Savagnin

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Savagnin or Savagnin Blanc is a white wine grape variety mostly grown in Jura in France.

It is the basis of the famous vin jaune of Jura, which can only be made from this grape. It is very late ripening, and may be picked as late as December.

In Alsace a pink-skinned variant known as Klevener de Heiligenstein, Heiligensteiner Klevener or Savagnin Rose exists.

Savagnin is very similar in looks to the rare white Traminer grape, which is a less perfumed version of Gewürztraminer.


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