Muscatel

The muscaté flavor

The characteristic flavor said " muscaté" from named natural substances Terpène S comes, which one finds in the grapes of the Muscat type. More precisely, of the studies showed that the Linalol, the linalol oxide, the Géraniol, the Nérol and the Terpinéol are the main components of the muscaté flavor.

Regional specialities

In Alsace, the Muscatel Ottonel (more widespread) and muscatel with small grains (locally named muscatel of Alsace) belong to large the Cépages although constituting only 3% of encépagement. In assembly or alone, they give a wine dry, aromatic, Musqué, with drinking in Apéritif. When they are collected in late Vendanges they allow the developments of liqueur-like exellents.

The red Aleatico of the isle of Elba is a variety of Muscat ; it is the same of the Muscadelle of the Sauternais and the Italian moscatello , used for the Asti spumante.

The Muscat of Hamburg is especially a Raisin of table, red, with coarse grains, nontight. Muscatel of Italy, Moscato Rosa, Moscato Bianco, Moscato giallo, with the grosses Bunch S lengthened. The Muscatel of Alexandria, or Muscatel with taste of dry Grape S. It can produce a Sweet aperitif wine having a fine Saveur, a silky Consistance, a Fruité exquisite. All these Cépage S as well produces Vin S muscatés, whose Parfum is sought more and more by the Consommateur, in the wines of Liqueur as in the dry wines and even in the effervescent wines.

The wines Muscatel

In the areas the Mediterranean born Frenchwomen of the Gulf of Lions and Corsica, there exist several sweet aperitif wines (AOC) resulting from type of vine muscatel:

Muscatel of Frontignan

whose type of vine (of 2nd time) not very productive, however remains the base of all those which follow.

This muscatel obtained the AOC in 1936.

Muscatel of Rivesaltes

recognized for its Smoothness and its Character delivery due to the dry Soil and the Ensoleillement of its Ground S Catalan be (and with the Harmonie which reigns between the Cépage S small Muscat Blanc Grain S Rond S of Frontignan and Muscat of Alexandria from which it is resulting)

Muscatel of Lunel
Muscatel of the Beaumes of Venice
Muscatel of Mireval
Muscatel of Holy Jean de Minervois
Muscatel of the Corsica Cape

The white Muscat with small grains (identical to that of Frontignan) exists in Italy (DOC. Moscato of Asti producing wines Mousseux in the Piedmont), in the Valais (Suisse) and in Hungary (Muskatoly, Badacsonyi). The Muscatel of Alexandria, or Roman Muscatel, produces Moscatel of Spain (Moscatel de Paja-Rancio) and of the Portugal (Moscatel of Setubal), the Muscatel of Sicily (DOC. Moscato di Siracusa, Moscato di Trentino, Moscato di Noto (Mousseux), Moscato di Pantelleria (passito or sparkling wine).

There exists also the Syrian Muscat, (or Jesus Muscatel) which presents a aromatic Parfum of Fleur of orange tree.

Let us announce that the Muscatel of Cyprus, produced with Raisin S reds or white, is dry with an alcoholic content from 11 to 17% without Addition of alcohol after Fermentation, Demi-sec with a content alcoholic higher than 15%, soft with a content of Sucre of 1,5 with 12° Baume and an alcoholic content from 15 to 23%.

We will also quote among the wines of Muscatel with Appellation of controlled origin:

In Italy: muscatels of Cagliari of Serso-Sennori, Trani, Colli Euganei, di Sardegna
In Greece: muscatels of Céphalonie, Lemnos, Patras and Rion de Patras, of Rhodos, Samos
In Tunisia: muscatels of Kélibia, Roads, Thibar.

Other products still are drawn from the Muscatel:

Muskataller (Austria)
Songurlaré (red Muscatel Bulgarian) and Bulgarian white Muscatel
Izmir - miskit or white Muscatel of Bornova (Turkey)
white Muscatel Massandra, Livadia, Dastel (Russia)
pink Muscatel Gourzouf, Aloupka (Russia)
black Muscatel Koutchouk-Lambat, Aiou-Dag (Russia).

The Clairette of Die is elaborate starting from Muscat with small grain, its development according to the ancestral method is characterized by wines of small Degré of alcohol (7°) and keeping some 50 g/l residual sugars.

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