Trebbiano toscano gives a straw yellow color, neutral wine with balanced acidity and variable alcohol content. It was traditionally vinified with other white grapes such as ‘Malvasia’, ‘Verdicchio’ and ‘Vernaccia di San Gimignano’, but recently this trend is changing since it is preferred to vinified alone (since it ripens later) to be assembled with other wines produced by varieties which have more primary aromas.
The grape is used for the production of DOP and IGP wines from grapes harvested in Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Emilia Romagna, Lazio, Liguria, Marche, Puglia, Sardinia, Sicily, Tuscany and Umbria.
It was used to produce he red wine ‘Chianti’ (10%) and ‘Chianti’ Classico (6%) and it is important for the production of many DOP including ‘Bianco Colline Lucchesi’, ‘Bianco della Valdinievole’, ‘Bianco dell'Empolese’, ‘Bianco Pisano di San Torpè’, ‘Elba Bianco’, ‘Val d'Arbia’, ‘Bianco di Pitigliano’, ‘Montecucco’, ‘Bianco di Pitigliano’, ‘Montescudaio’, ‘Sant' Antimo’. The utilisation in other regions concerns the DOP ‘Bagnoli’, ‘Bianco di Custoza’, ‘Breganze’, ‘Colli Euganei’, ‘Gambellara’, ‘Garda orientale’, ‘Lugana’, ‘Soave’, ‘Recioto di Soave’, ‘Valdadige’.
It also plays a role in the production of many Tuscan IGP wines and it is important for ‘Vinsanto’, traditionally produced in Tuscany (‘Chianti’, ‘Chianti Classico’, ‘Carmignano’, ‘Montepulciano’, ‘Elba’, ‘Capalbio’, ‘Montescudaio’, and other denominations), due to the specific enzyme patrimony that allow the wine to evolve in an oxidizing atmosphere, developing tertiary aromas with ageing.
The grape is also used for the production of Italian brandy and in France for the production of famous Cognac.