MOLETTE
A minor white-wine grape grown in the Savoie region of France. Blended with Altesse to create a spritzy white known as Seyssell.
MOLETTE: Minor grape grown in the Savoie region of France. Used to blend with a wine made from the Altesse grape to create a white wine called "Seyssell", often spritzy and crackling in nature due to incomplete fermentation when bottled.
Used with another local grape, the Molette, to create a blend known as "Seyssell" white wine made to be drunk as young as possible. Also used for the superior "Roussette de Savoie" white wine blend created with Mondeuse grape wine.
 See also: Grenache, Wine, Tannin, Burgundy, Red
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