Without any kinship with Humagne Blanc, this grape variety introduced towards the end of the 19th century in Valais (Switzerland) from the Aosta Valley (I) was confused since the 1970s with the Petit Rouge d'Aoste, until what enzymatic and genetic tests identify it in 1999 as Cornalin d'Aoste, from which the Rouge du Pays had borrowed the name in 1972. It is precisely the result of a natural crossing that took place in Valle d'Aosta between Rouge du Pays and an unknown grape variety. In Switzerland, Humagne Rouge is grown almost exclusively in Valais, where it produces wines with a strong character, with notes of dried vine leaves, violets, with a wild side.
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Hybrid
Other names: Humagne Rouge
Traditional
143 HA
1%
Aroma Potential
Gives a generally low acid, distinctive wine with a rustic and wild character. If Humagne rouge produces a lot or matures poorly, its wine lacks body and takes on a grassy taste. Aromas of black stone fruits (prune, cherry, ...), dried grass, ivy, violet
Cherry
Dried Flowers
Ivy
Prune
Violet
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