white grape · rare
Early Muscat
Davis, California, USA
Say it
ur·leemyoo·skat
On the palate
Body
medium
Acidity
medium
Aromatics
pronounced
orange blossomlycheewhite peachapricotstrawberryhoney
How you spot it blind: intensely aromatic muscat with orange blossom, lychee, and strawberry candy
The story
First written down · 1943, Davis, California, USA
Bred by Harold P. Olmo at UC Davis in 1943 as a cross of Muscat Hamburg × Koenigin der Weingaerten and released in 1958 primarily as a table grape.
Family tree: MUSCAT HAMBURG × KOENIGIN DER WEINGAERTEN
Where it lives
Rogue Valley, Oregon, USA
Shows up as
still whiterosésparklingsweet