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Viognier, n.
Brit. |ˌviˈɒnjeɪ|, |ˈvjɒnjeɪ|, U.S. |ˌviɑnˈjeɪ|, |vjɑnˈjeɪ|
Forms: 19– Viognier, 19– Vionnier [Also with lower-case initial.]
[‹ French Viognier (1845 or earlier); further origin uncertain and disputed (compare -ier -ier suffix).
Several suggestions have been made as to the origin of the French word, including derivation from Vienne, the name of a city in the northern Rhône region where the grape was traditionally grown, and Vugava, the name of an island off the Dalmation coast from which the vine is said to have been imported, although the former presents phonological problems and the latter appears not to be supported by historical evidence.]
A variety of white wine grape, grown traditionally in the northern Rhône region of France, but since the 1980s also elsewhere, noted for producing wine with a floral, fruity aroma and for its relative scarcity; wine made from this.
1908E. Vizetelly & A. Vizetelly Wines France 137 A distinguishing feature of Côte-Rôtie is that it is usually made with three parts of red grapes of the Serine variety and one of white grapes of the Vionnier species. 1952A. Lichine Wines France 174 The best white wine of the Rhône Valley comes from..Château Grillet. Its 4 acres..are planted in Viognier. 1965A. Sichel Penguin Bk. Wines iii. 166 It is often fermented in the same vat as a small percentage of Viognier, the white grape which makes the fine white wine of Château Grillet. 1991Wine & Spirits June 32/2 Hidden Cellars will have a 1991 Viognier. 2002Guardian 29 June (Weekend Suppl.) 40/2, 1981's recommended wine, a generic viognier, has for this year been upgraded to vineyard-specific condrieu. |