Thursday, September 24, 2009

A muscat is a muscat is a muscat...

sort of.

The Brooklyn Terminal sellers don't say which muscat they have, but looking at M&M you can see that the central valley and Lodi muscats that they are selling (including Papagni, which is the Lapide source) is Muscat Alexandria. Full reference at wiki. I know Peter is intrigued - he should know:
This grape is used for sherry, moscatel or muscatel wines, Moscatel de Valencia, Muscatel Passito and other Muscatel liqueurs and also as a raisin and table grape.
and
Wine made from Muscat of Alexandria tends to be sweet with an earthy taste. It is not particularly aromatic. In Málaga the grape is often blended with Pedro Ximénez to create a strong wine that varies in color from gold to dark black. In Australia, the grape is often used in the production of cream sherry. [1] In Portugal, Vinho Moscatel (Moscatel Wine) is a sweet wine widely produced in the Setúbal Peninsula region, just south of Lisbon, as well as in Favaios, Alijó and other areas of the Portuguese Douro, in northern Portugal.
I have to say, that makes me curious to see what an 80% muscat, 20% alicante would look like, all pressed as a white wine.

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