Sauvignon blanc
Italian grape variety
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Summary
Sauvignon blanc is a grape variety[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of grape variety entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,383 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Child: Cabernet Sauvignon[3]
- Taxon rank: cultivar[4]
- Parent taxon: Vitis vinifera[5]
- Taxon name: Vitis vinifera ’Sauvignon Blanc’[6]
- Subclass of: grape variety[7]
- Has use: wine grape variety[8]
- Commons category: Sauvignon Blanc[9]
- Country of origin: France[10], Italy[11]
- Inception: May 25, 1970[12]
- Spore print color: white berry skin[13]
- Described by source: Vorlage:BibISBN/2012363318[14], Wine Grapes[15], Descriptive Variety List on vines[16], Q136533008[17]
- Hybrid of: Savagnin[18]
- Native label: Sauvignon blanc[19]
- Operating area: Bolgheri[20]
- Smells of: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine[21]
- Fruit color: yellow-green[22], white berry skin[23]
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Discovery and Description
Things named for Sauvignon blanc include Cabernet Sauvignon[24], a grape variety[25].
Why It Matters
Sauvignon blanc has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]
Entities named for it include Cabernet Sauvignon[24], a grape variety[25].