white grape · regional staple
Gelber Muskateller
Greece
Say it
gehl·burmoos·kah·tel·ur
Gelber means 'yellow' in German, referring to the yellow-green berry skin; hard G as in 'get'; unstressed final -er syllables are schwas
On the palate
orange blossomwhite peachapricotelderflowerlycheegrapefruit
How you spot it blind: intensely grapey-floral perfume from exceptionally high monoterpene concentration
The story
First written down · 1304, Bologna, Italy
DNA analysis by Robinson, Harding & Vouillamoz (Wine Grapes, 2012) established that Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains is a parent of Muscat of Alexandria — not its offspring.
Where it lives
Styria, Austria · Piedmont, Italy · Alsace, France · Southern Rhône, France · Samos, Greece · Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Shows up as
still dry whitesparkling sweetfortifiedsweetMoscato d'AstiAstiMuscat de Beaumes-de-Venise
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