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Trebbiano Toscano
Also called Procanico.
The workhorse white of central Italy, planted for yield rather than flavour. On its own it gives a light, neutral, high acid wine that does its job and gets out of the way. It earns its place in Vin Santo, where the grapes are dried for months and the wine spends years in small sealed barrels, and where that neutral base turns into something with real depth.
Worth knowing
Under the name Ugni Blanc it is the most planted white grape in France, and almost all of it gets distilled into Cognac and Armagnac. Baron Ricasoli's nineteenth century Chianti recipe put white grapes into a red wine, and it took until 2006 to get Trebbiano out of Chianti Classico entirely.
Where it is allowed30 appellations
Tuscany12
- Bianco dell'EmpoleseDOClead grapemin 80%Still hunting
- Bianco di PitiglianoDOClead grapemin 40%Still hunting
- ElbaDOClead grapeStill hunting
- MontecarloDOClead grapeStill hunting
- San TorpèDOClead grapeStill hunting
- Val d'ArbiaDOClead grapeStill hunting
- Valdichiana ToscanaDOClead grapeStill hunting
- ValdinievoleDOClead grapeStill hunting
- Vin Santo del ChiantiDOClead grapeStill hunting
- Vin Santo del Chianti ClassicoDOClead grapeTasted
- Vin Santo di CarmignanoDOClead grapeStill hunting
- Vin Santo di MontepulcianoDOClead grapeStill hunting