Muscat wine
or muscatel wine is a sweet dessert wine made from muscat grapes. The wine is made from black and white grape varieties so the color varies from golden to a darker amber. The wine has a distinctive musty flavor.
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Muscat is a very ancient variety and, with its strong and distinctive perfume, was probably one of the first to be identified and cultivated.
Muscat grapes
The Muscat family of grapes of the species Vitis vinifera is widely grown for wine, raisins and table grapes. Their colors range from white to near black. Muscat almost always has a pronounced sweet floral aroma.
Grand Cru Muscat is probably the most floral and 'in-your-face' wine here, although it does not seem to generate the same level of discussion as does Gewurztraminer.
Trevor Jones Barossa Old Muscat ($36.99)
This Australian dessert wine shows a clear, dark amber color with a reddish hue.
Muscat Blanc
[Muscatel]
The finest of the grapey muscat family for winemaking, typically aromatic and deliciously fruity, also manages a crisp edged finesse in the best wines. Can be exhuberantly sweet or clean and dry.
MUSCAT: Another "cepage" family of clone varieties, making both red and white wines. Most are of the muscat type, having the unique aromatic character commonly associated with muscat wines.
MUSCAT BLANC
A muscat variety that is possibly the oldest known grape, widely grown around the Mediterranean, and throughout Europe. Used primarily for making semi-sweet and sweet dessert wines.
Muscat
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Geography
Very widely planted throughout Europe, also Victoria, Australia.
Muscat: Light, characteristic aroma (musky) and flavour.
Muscat Cannelli: Similar to Johannisberg Riesling but more intensive flavours and aroma with a hint of flowers. Makes excellent dessert wines.
Muscat
Muscat, which is grown around the globe, is one of the oldest grapes used in producing wine. The wines are quite aromatic and range from bone dry to lusciously sweet.
Muscat - The white Muscat grape produces spicy, floral wines that often do something most other wines don't: they actually taste like grapes. Muscats can range from very dry and fresh to sweet and syrupy.
Muscat Blanc
This white Muscat produces a sweet and aromatic slightly fortified wine from Patras or from the island of Samos.
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Muscat. Honey-like grape grown all over the world to make slightly sweet to very sweet wines.
Nebbiolo. Great grape of Barolo and Barbaresco in the Piedmont region of Italy.
Muscatel
Muscatel is a sweet wine with a high alcohol content, that's made from Muscat grapes.
Muscat (moos-cat or muss-cat)
Considered the original wine making grape, and the progenitor of all wine making grapes (of the species vinifera). The grape comes in many sub-varieties and even colors.
Muscat à Petit Grains is a candidate for the oldest cultivated wine grape in the world and is certainly the most refined member of the Muscat family, ...
Muscat
One of the oldest grapes grown to make wine, Muscat has hundreds of varieties, but Muscat Blanc is most widely planted and considered the best.
Muscat de frontignan
Synonyms
In Australia also known as Muscat à petits grains, Brown Muscat or Frontignac. This variety has many different names all over the world.
MUSCAT
Ancient, aromatic white wine grape with a very extended family and said by some to be the ancestor of most other vitis vinifera grapes, which produces fruity, softly perfumed wines, ...
Muscatel: Wine made from Muscat grapes, usually sweet and usually high in alcohol.
Must: The sloppy mess that results from crushing fresh grapes (before fermentation). Includes pulp, skins, seeds, juice and bits of stem.
Muscat - (Moos-caht)
Aromatic, ancient grape, considered by some to be an ancient ancestor of most other vitis vinifera grapes; makes wines, often sweet and always fruity, with a characteristic grapefruity and musky (as the name implies) aroma.
Muscat de Rivesaltes Maury
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Quarts de Chaume / Alsace Vendange Tardives / Muscat de Mireval ...
MUSCAT BLANC À PETIT GRAINS: (See Muscat above).
NEBBIOLO: (has synonym names of Spanna in the northern hills, Picutener and Pugnet in N.W. Piedmont and as Chiavennasca grape in Lombardy).
The Bonny Doon winery in California makes a wine it calls Muscat Canelli Vin de Glaciere (wine of the icebox, essentially) which achieves the concentration levels of noble rot by freezing the grapes, ...
Fragrant, grapey, Muscat-like Spanish variety common in Argentina, to which it may have been originally transported from Galicia.
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The cultivation of Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains grape was already common during Roman times and it is still widely practiced in this territory.
- Sweet white wine: Muscat blanc, Muscat romain or d'Alexandrie and Grenache ...
aromaticUsed to refer to a wine, particularly white wines, with intensely floral or fruity aromas, such as Muscat or Viognier.
Examples of aromatic varieties are Riesling, Gewurztraminer and the Muscat family.
ascorbic acid:A common antioxidant related to Vitamin C which is added to wines during their making. Additive 300 on Australian wine labels.
The residual sugar concentration is higher than 50 grams per liter, and for the Muscatels, higher than 125 grams by litre.98 % of the French natural sweet wines are produced on the edges of Méditerranée.
Linalool The characteristic flowery-peach aroma associated with Muscat and Riesling wines. It derived from the chemical compound linalool.
If your Aunt Jane extols the virtues of a perfect Chianti, but she loves wines so dry the corks shrivel while you're more of a muscat drinker, then you may have just found a wine you never ever want to purchase.
Ampelographers suspect that Aleatico maybe a dark skin of the French wine grape Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains which is part of the extensive Muscat family of grapes, believed to be the oldest family of Vitis Vinifera in the world.
It's French, but not Champagne - it's sparkling wine from the Drome Valley in Provence, made from Clairette and Muscat grapes. This friendly fizzer has forward floral and ripe fruit aromas, including notes of sweet pear and muscat.
Some grapes-notably Gewürztraminer and Muscat-often have a noticeable bitter edge to their flavors. Bitterness can also be imparted by the use of underripe or green stems during the fermentation and aging processes.
This is true mostly of dessert wines like Port, Sauternes, sweet Muscat, and others. Most table wines do not have significant residual sugar, with the exception of some Pradikat level German wines like Kabinett, Spatlesen and Auslesen.
Some grapes--notably Gewurztraminer and Muscat--often have a noticeable bitter edge to their flavors. Another source of bitterness is tannin or stems. If the bitter quality dominates the wine's flavor or aftertaste, it is considered a fault.
This is a very grapey-tasting grape that doesn't ripen easily. Muscat is the grape used for Asti Spumanti, the sparkling wine from Italy. Note that Muscat has nothing to do with Muscatel.
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Apricots: Sémillons, Muscats (Moscatos), and some sweet Rieslings recall apricots: wines affected by Botrytis cinerea, or noble rot, may often recall apricots or peaches.
Some grapes - (Gewurztraminer, Muscat) - have a distinct bitter edge to their flavor. If the bitter component dominates in the aroma or taste of a wine it is considered a fault.
Setuval: Also known as Setubal. A fortified Muscat wine from Portugal. It is typically brown in color, like a sherry or tawny port.
Shrub: A drink made from fruit juice, sugar, and a liquor such as rum or brandy.
When perceptible as a specific fruit, generally the sign of a simple table wine made from warm-weather or over-ripe grapes. Australian red wines are often raisiny. Muscat wines are inherently raisiny, ...
Torrontés: Argentine grape born in Spain of the Muscat grape. Pale gold; aromatic; citrusy with tropical fruits. Refreshing when very cold; similar to a dry Gerwürztraminer.
floral
Wines made from the Muscat or Viognier grape have a flowery component, and occasionally a red wine will have a floral scent.
Municipality situated in the Vaucluse region, reputed for its excellent Muscat "appellation contrôlée"
Bellet :
Small Provençal vineyard which has had an "appellation contrôlée" since 1941.
Gayot: Pairing Wine with Dessert
Guardian: Muscat
Photo Credit
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Alsace, in northwest France, produces some delicious full flavoured white wines from grape varieties such as Gewürztraminer, Tokay Pinot Gris, Riesling, Muscat, Pinot Blanc and Sylvaner.
The smell of the grape variety that carries over into the wine. It is most perceptible in Concord and Muscat grapes.
Astringent
A sharp, puckery taste in a new wine due to tannin (see that listing). Aging in cask or bottle is the remedy.
Wine: It belongs to the top quality wines in northern wine-growing regions. In good years, it is full-bodied, with typical peach and muscatel aromas. In worse years, the wines are less bodied with dominating acidity and nettle-flavour.
Vin doux naturel (VDN): Sweet dessert wines primarily from southern France, made in a process similar to Port, i.e.: fortified to 18-21% alcohol by volume. White versions are typically made from the Muscat grape, reds from Grenache.
Fruit: Either on its own or in tarts, fruit flatter sweet wines wonderfully. The acid in the fruit is a nice foil to the sweetness of the wine. Try Sauternes, Late Harvest Riesling or Muscat.
the cooler southern states of New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. The Shiraz grape produces fine red wines, as does the Cabernet Sauvignon. Prominent white wines are Sémillon and Chardonnay. Sweet dessert wines are produced from Muscat ...
ANDREA'S WINE NOTES: Birds, bees and lovers would find a brunch of honey-drizzled hotcakes irresistible with Italian or California bubblies from the Moscato(Muscat) grape.
If you are new to wines and are looking for a few suggestions - try a Riesling , Gewurztraminer, or a Muscat dessert wine if sweeter wines suit your fancy.
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