savagnin means A variety of white wine grape with green-skinned berries grown mostly in the Jura region of France, where it makes the famous vin jaune and vin de paille. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Etymology
Uncertain, but compare French sauvignon.
noun
- A variety of white wine grape with green-skinned berries grown mostly in the Jura region of France, where it makes the famous vin jaune and vin de paille.
- A variety of green grape from the Jura used to make white wine“Oxygen is an accomplice, not a foe, in the production of vin jaune, which is made of the savagnin grape, a Jura staple.”