Synonym for the grape variety Maturana Blanca; see there.
The white grape variety originates from Spain. Synonyms are Maturano and Ribadavia. It is not a colour mutation of the red variety Maturana Tinta (synonym for the Trousseau Noir variety). According to DNA analyses carried out in 2021, it comes from a presumably natural cross between Savagnin (Traminer) x Castellana...
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