Malvoisie is a white grape and synonym for Bourboulenc (qv).
Maria Gomes is the same as Fernão Pires.
[Malvoisie]
Shy fat white that can be shaped into a richly silky, muscular hero. Earthy at heart, with a lick of flowers and white peaches in its character. A match for Chardonnay at best, but softer, gruffer.
MALVOISIE: Minor grape found mainly in Corsica. Used to produce local, high-alcohol wines blended from grapes of mainly Spanish origin such as the Grenache and others.
A highly prized wine named Malvasia in Italian, Malvoisie in French, Malmsey in English and Malvasier in German, was produced in Greece (and perhaps Crete) in the 14th to 16th centuries.
Fromentau in the Languedoc, Malvoisie in the Loire or Pinot Beurot in the Burgundy region where it is selectively used in blends because it produces high sugars.
Carbes, Carbesso, Favorita, Favorita Bianca, Favorita Bianca di Conegliano, Favorita d'Alba, Favorita di Alba, Favorita di Conegliano, Formentino, Fourmentin, Garbesso, Grosse Clarette, Malvasia a Bonifacio, Malvasia Grossa, Malvasie, Malvoisie, ...
Also called the Malvoisie or Pinot Beurot in the Loire, and the former name in the Languedoc, regions of France.
It is called malvoisie in the Loire Valley and pinot gris in the rest of France. In Germany and Austria pinot grigio is known as the Ruländer or Grauer Burgunder where it is used to make pleasant, young, white wines.
In Australia also known as Pinot Grigio. In France also known as Pinot Beurot, Gris Cordelier, Auvernat Gris, Malvoisie, Tokay d'Alsace and Fromentot. In Germany known as Ruländer and in Italy as Pinot Grigio.
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For white, Grenache Blanc and Grenache Gris must comprise at least 70% of the blend; the remainder may include Maccabeu, Malvoisie, Marsanne, Roussanne and Vermentino, although not more than 15% of any one variety.
In Germany it goes by Rulander, in France's Loire it may go by Malvoisie or Pinot Beurot, and in Alsace it is referred to as, Tokay d'Alsace. In Hungary it's Szukerbarat. No doubt there's some place on earth where it is called Potato.
Nus (Rosso in the specific styles normale and Superiore or Supérieur) and Nus Malvoisie (Bianco in the specific styles normale and Passito or Flétri
Torrette (Rosso in the specific styles normale and Superiore) ...
 See also: Wine, Region, Grape, White, Sweet
  
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