Wine Grape: Muscadelle
White wine grape often used to produce sweet wines, most popular in Bordeaux where it can be blended with Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon in both sweet and dry whites. Here, it generally makes up a small percentage of the blend. It shares some of Muscat's grapey aroma, but isn't related to it. In Australia it produces the sweet wine labeled as Tokay. In Monbazillac, it's the second most important grape in the blend, after Sémillon.
Synonyms
Also known as Muskadel, Musquette, Muscadet Doux, Raisinotte, Angelico, Muscadelle du Bordelais, Raisimotte, Sauvignon Vert
Where
France: Bordeaux, Southwestern France
Also: Australia, California, Hungary, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Ukraine
Principal Wines
France: Bordeaux: Barsac AOC, Côtes-de-Blaye AOC, Premières-Côtes-de-Blaye AOC, Bordeaux-Côtes-de-Francs AOC, Bordeaux Sec AOC, Cadillac AOC, Cérons AOC, Côtes-de-Bourg AOC, Crémant-de-Bordeaux AOC, Entre-deux-Mers AOC, Graves Supérieures AOC, Graves-de-Vayres AOC, Loupiac AOC, Pessac-Léognan AOC, Premières-Côtes-de-Bordeaux AOC, Sainte-Croix-du-Mont AOC, Sainte-Foy-Bordeaux AOC, Sauternes AOC; Languedoc: Corbières AOC; Roussillon: Collioure AOC; Southwestern France: Bergerac AOC, Bergerac Sec AOC, Côtes-de-Bergerac AOC, Côtes-de-Duras AOC, Côtes-du-Marmandais AOC, Gaillac AOC, Monbazillac AOC, Montravel AOC, Saussignac AOC
Characteristics
The only pure Muscadelle wine we know of is the Australian Tokay:
Color: Gold
Nose: Fruity (muscat grape, dried fig), Caramel
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