Colombard is one of the grapes used in both Cognac and Armagnac. As a table wine, it is hugely popular in California, where it was once known as French Colombard. Today, French growers in the Côtes de Gascogne and the Charente are producing light, fragrant whites of their own.
Colombard makes delightful crisp, dry whites with leafy, spring blossom fragrance and fresh green apple flavours. In South Africa and Australia, where it has become a firm favourite for winemakers, the grape displays more racy tropical fruit characteristics.
