Muscat Blanc À Petits Grains

Name of varietal: Muscat Blanc

Common synonyms: Moscato (Italy), Moscatel (Spain, Portugal), France: Muscat de Frontignan, Muscat d’Alsace, Muscat de Beaumes de Venises, Muscat Blanc à Petit Grains. Muscat of Alexandria, Gelber Müskateller (Germany), Gelber Weihrauch (Austria), Muskuti (Greece), Sargamoskatoly (Hungary), Tamaloasa (Romania), Tomyanka (Russia), Beli Muscat (Yugoslavia), Muscat Cannelli

Parentage of the grape: Muscat has the distinction of being the world’s oldest grape. It was likely born and first vinified in Greece and had a wide dissemination from there.

Name of varietal: Muscat Blanc

Parentage of the grape: Muscat has the distinction of being the world’s oldest grape. It was likely born and first vinified in Greece and had a wide dissemination from there.

History of the grape: From Greece, Muscat was brought into Crimea in the Soviet Union where it was spread into what is now modern day Eastern Europe. The Egyptians (probably via the Romans) used it to trade with South Africa. The Romans spread it throughout the rest of Europe. The part of the world where its origin is debatable is Australia. The first Australian Muscat could have come in either through South Africa or with the first European vine plantings in the 1800s. The Americas grew Muscat starting with the first European settlers.

Characteristics of the grape: aromatic, orange, orange blossom, orange peel, white flowers, dried and fresh apricots, honey, musk perfume.

Regions where the grape currently is important: Greece, Italy, France (especially Alsace and the Rhone), Germany, Spain, Portugal, Austria, California, Oregon, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Hungary, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Romania, Russia, Yugoslavia. Basically, any place wine-producing region or nation in the world.

Type or types of wines the grape produces: dry white, late harvest dessert wine, sweet fortified (as in Muscat de Beaumes de Venises, Moscatel Spanish brandy, Pisco in Chile, Metaxa in Greece, ), off-dry sparking (such as Moscato d’Asti and Asti Spumante in Italy and Clairette de Die in France)

– Description from Amanda Schuster (hide)

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