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Muscat
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Geography
Very widely planted throughout Europe, also
Victoria, Australia.
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Viticulture
The hot, highly continental climate of North
East Victoria, Australia is ideal terroir for
growing grapes for producing delicious liqueur
Muscats—Australia's answer to Europe's fortified
versions.
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Varietal/Blend
Often blended with various other grape varieties
to increase complexity and flavour. Also used
to make Asti Spumante in Italy.
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Flavour
& Character
Probably the only grape that produces wine
with the aroma of the grape itself. Sweet Muscats
have flavours of raisins and oranges.
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Vinification
The sweet dessert wines are often fortified
with grape brandy during fermentation to preserve
sweetness.
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Style
Produces a vast range of styles, ranging from
sweet and fortified to dry, floral and grapy.
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Body,
Dry/Sweet
Ranges from the dry, full bodied and aromatic
to the sweet heaviness of dessert wines.
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Notes
Also known as Muscat Blanc ŕ Petits Grains—its
full name. Not to be confused with Muscadet, the
dry white wine from the Loire Valley.
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