Aubin blanc (or simply Aubin) is a white wine grape from the upper reaches of the
Moselle
The Moselle ( , ; german: Mosel ; lb, Musel ) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany. It is a bank (geography), left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it jo ...
valley in eastern France.
History
DNA fingerprinting
DNA profiling (also called DNA fingerprinting) is the process of determining an individual's DNA characteristics. DNA analysis intended to identify a species, rather than an individual, is called DNA barcoding.
DNA profiling is a forensic tec ...
has shown that Aubin is the result of a cross between
Gouais blanc and
Savagnin. Gouais blanc was widely grown by the French peasantry in the Medieval age, and it is a parent of
Chardonnay
Chardonnay (, , ) is a green-skinned grape variety used in the production of white wine. The variety originated in the Burgundy wine region of eastern French wine, France, but is now grown wherever wine is produced, from English wine, Englan ...
and
Aubin vert
Aubin vert is a white French wine grape variety that is grown in the Lorraine region where it is an authorized variety for the ''Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée'' (AOC) wines of the Moselle. While often confused for the Côtes de Toul grape Aubin ...
among others. Savagnin is common in
Jura wine (including
Vin jaune) and is a variety in the
Traminer family which also includes
Gewürztraminer.
Viticulture
There's usually a reason why grapes like this are in decline. The Traminer family are notoriously difficult to grow, with poor disease resistance and low yields.
Wine regions
Aubin blanc is only found blended into wines from the
Côtes de Toul
Côtes de Toul is an ''Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée'' (AOC) for French wine produced in the département of Meurthe-et-Moselle in the Lorraine ''région''. The Côtes de Toul vineyards cover in an area close to Toul, to the west of the city ...
appellation in Lorraine.
Synonyms
Albin Blanc, Aneb ben Cadi, Aubin, Blanc de Magny, Gros Vert de Crenay
See also
*
Toul, the grape's home town
References
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White wine grape varieties
French wine