Humagne
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Humagne Blanche or Humagne is a white Swiss wine
Swiss wine
Swiss wine is produced from nearly 15 000 hectares of vineyards, and the wines are mainly produced in the west and in the south of Switzerland, in the cantons of Geneva, Neuchâtel, Ticino, Valais and Vaud...

 grape planted primarily in the Valais
Valais
The Valais is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland in the southwestern part of the country, around the valley of the Rhône from its headwaters to Lake Geneva, separating the Pennine Alps from the Bernese Alps. The canton is one of the drier parts of Switzerland in its central Rhône valley...

 region. The total Swiss plantations of the variety in 2009 stood at 30 hectares (74.1 acre).

The grape produces a full bodied wine that is more rich than Amigne
Amigne
Amigne is a white Swiss wine grape planted primarily in the Valais region, with most of the plantations in Vetroz. Total Swiss plantations of the variety in 2009 stood at .The grape can make rich, full bodied wines...

 and Petite Arvine
Petite Arvine
Petite Arvine is a white wine grape planted primarily in the Valais region of Switzerland. Total Swiss plantations of the variety in 2009 stood at ....

, but more neutral in flavour than the latter.

DNA profiling at Changins in Switzerland and Aosta
Aosta
Aosta is the principal city of the bilingual Aosta Valley in the Italian Alps, north-northwest of Turin. It is situated near the Italian entrance of the Mont Blanc Tunnel, at the confluence of the Buthier and the Dora Baltea, and at the junction of the Great and Little St. Bernard routes...

 in Italy established that Humagne Blanche is not related to the red Swiss variety Humagne Rouge.
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