Muscadelle

Muscadelle is a white grape variety. She is involved with Bordeaux Sémillon and Sauvignon Blanc to the great sweet wines of Sauternes and Barsac like, Cérons, Loupiac, Sainte -Croix -du- Mont and Cadillac. The same goes for the sweet wines in the wine-growing region Sud-Ouest with its appellations of Bergerac, Montbazillac Mont Ravel and Saussignac. In addition, the variety is input in the white wines of rose, Cotes de Duras, Côtes de Blaye, Cotes de Bourg and Graves, as well as in the sparkling Cremant de Bordeaux. 80 % of the Rebbe Stands are, however, in the Entre -deux-mers. In 2007, a vineyard area of ​​1,618 hectares was raised in France.

Other locations of Muscadelle grapes are in Eastern Europe in Hungary, Romania and Ukraine, South Africa, California (wine in California wine country cooking Napa Valley AVA, Dry Creek Valley AVA and Sonoma Valley AVA) and in Australia. In Uruguay, was Pierre Galet Muscadelle vines that were there erroneously marketed under the name Sémillon. The Rebbe global level is estimated to be approximately 4000 hectares.

The grape Muscadelle does not belong to the family of muscatel, although the fruity flavor of their wines can vaguely remember. It originates from the old vine Gouais Blanc. The other parent is unknown.

The American Harold Olmo took the grape variety for cultivation of Emerald Riesling, by crossing the variety Muscadelle with Riesling.

See also the article viticulture in Australia, viticulture in France, viticulture in South Africa, viticulture in Romania, Winemaking in Ukraine and viticulture in the United States and the list of grape varieties.

Appearance: clear, probably not closely related to the muscatel.

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

In the ampelography the habit is described as follows:

• The shoot tip is open. She is white wool hairy to almost tomentose. The bronze spotted, bubbly young leaves are hairy only slightly woolly.
• The large leaves are three-lobed and sinuate moderately deep. The petiole is usually lyres - shaped open (sometimes closed). The sheet is cut sharply. The teeth are set moderately dilated in comparison to other varieties.
• The cone - shaped to cylindrical cluster is large and loose-. The roundish berries are medium in size and of white with a slight reddish- gray color. The berries have the taste of a little nutmeg.

The grape ripens 15 to 20 days after Chasselas and is therefore applicable in international comparison almost as quick maturing.

The variety is susceptible to powdery mildew and sour worm and is frequently plagued by wasps. The late- sprouting varieties often prone to gray mold if the berries damaged by pests. However, the tendency to rot leads under good conditions in the fall for noble rot, making the variety an ideal blending partner for sweet wines.

Despite weak overall yields of 50 to 80 hectoliters / hectare, they are usually still too high, so that a reduction in yield must be performed by a specific vine training in order to achieve good quality wines.

Synonyms

The variety Muscadelle is musquette also under the synonym name Angelicaut, Angelico, Blanc Cadillac, Blanche Douce, Boullience Muscat, Bouillenc Muscat, Buillenc, Cadillac, Catape, Colle, Colle, Doucanelle, Douzanelle, Enfin, Guepie, Guilan doux, Guilan muscat, Guilan musqué, Guillain, Guillain musqué, Guinlhan musqué, Marmesie, Marseillais, Muscade, Muscadela, Muscadet (Note: the Muscadet wine is made from the grape Melon de Bourgogne ), Muscadet doux, Muscalea, Muscat fou, Musquette, Pedri Ximenes Krimsky, Raisimotte, Raisin de musco, Raisinote, Raisinotte, Rousselou, Sauvignon à gros grains, Sauvignon Muscadelle, Sauvignon vert (especially in California ), Tokay ( in Australia, error was cleared by Paul Truel ) Vesparo and White Angelica known.