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Sauvignon vert (also known as Sauvignonasse & Friulano) is a white wine grape of the species ''Vitis vinifera''. It is widely planted in Chile where it was historically mistaken for Sauvignon blanc. The grape is distinct from the California planting of Muscadelle which is also called ''Sauvignon vert''. Another synonym of ''Sauvignon vert'' is the Italian wine grape known as ''Friulano'' in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region. ''Friulano'' from Friuli-Venezia Giulia was known as ''“Tocai” Friulano'' until March 31, 2007 when the European Court of Justice of Luxembourg set the prohibition of using the name ''“Tocai”'' in the name of the wine (as stipulated in a 1993 agreement between the European Union and Hungary). Since 2007 ''Tocai Friulano'' is merely known as ''“Friulano”'' in Friuli and is labeled as such. The main confusion in Europe of the name ''Tocai Friulano'' is due to the Hungarian wine known as Tokaji (Hungarian of ''Tokaj'') which does not have any ''Tocai Friulano'' in it all, and is comprised typically of the following grapes: Furmint (70%), Hárslevelű (20-25%), and Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains (5-10%). Hungary does not want anyone confusing the dry and aromatic Italian ''Tocai Friulano'' (which is a unique wine in and of itself) with their special sweet style wine called Tokaji. Some believe that early editions of ''Tocai Friulano'' in Italy were most likely made of the grape Furmint. The first record of a “new” ''Tocai'', probably made from ''Sauvignonasse'', is documented only in 1932. The Pinot grigio vine, which is also prevalent in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, is known by the synonym Tokay d'Alsace in Alsace but there is no connection between ''Tocai Friulano (Sauvignon vert)'' and Pinot grigio. ==History== The grape is believed to have originated in the Veneto region and from there traveled to other Italian regions especially to the Friuli region where it was cultivated since 1600. In Italy the grape was historically known as ''Tocai'' or ''Tocai Friulano'' for centuries. The grape has no known relation to any of the grapes used in the Hungarian wine Tokaji, even though evidence suggests that following the wedding of the Venetian princess Aurora Formentini to the Hungarian Count Batthujany in 1632, some vines of Tocai Friulano were brought with the princess to Hungary.〔J. Robinson ''Vines, Grapes & Wines'' pg 240 Mitchell Beazley 1986 ISBN 1-85732-999-6〕 To better distinguish the wines and to protect the Tokaji name, the European Union established regulations prohibiting the use of names too closely associated and easily confused with Tokaji. Winemakers in the Friuli have elected to just refer to the grape as simply ''Friulano''.〔C. Fallis, editor ''The Encyclopedic Atlas of Wine'' pg 302 Global Book Publishing 2006 ISBN 1-74048-050-3〕 The grapes were also planted outside Italy in the Goriška region of Slovenia, especially in the Vipava Valley and Goriška Brda and was known as "Tokaj". After the European Union prohibition, the Slovenian wine producers have first changed the name of the wine in Sauvignonasse or Zeleni sauvignon (Green Sauvignon). After few years, in 2013 the name of ″Tokaj″ was changed in ″Jakot″,〔http://www.courtofmastersommeliers.org/new-term-friulano-grape-jakot/〕 now the official name for the grapes and wine from Slovenia wine regions. From Italy the grape is believed to have spread to France where it was transported to Chile as "Sauvignon blanc".〔 Only in the 1990s did ampelographers determine that the Chilean "Sauvignon blanc" was actually Sauvignon vert. Once the discovery was made, plantings of "true" Sauvignon blanc increased as Sauvignon vert (or ''Sauvignonasse'' as it known) decreased. While the grape still remains a popular planting in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Goriška Brda, it currently has little presence in other parts of the world.〔Oz Clarke ''Encyclopedia of Grapes'' pg 228 Harcourt Books 2001 ISBN 0-15-100714-4〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sauvignon vert」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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