white grape · major international
Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains
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Say it
moos·kahblonahpuh·teegran
Final consonants silent in French; 'Blanc' is nasal (sounds like BLON); stress on second syllable of Muscat. Many Americans say MYOOS-kat BLON and drop the rest.
On the palate
How you spot it blind: intense orange blossom from the highest free terpene load of any white grape
The story
First written down · 12th century, Germany
DNA profiling established Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains as the parent of Muscat of Alexandria, which arose from a natural cross with Sardinian variety Axina de Tres Bias (Crespan & Milani, 2001).
Where it lives
Piedmont, Italy · Languedoc-Roussillon, France · Alsace, France · Samos, Greece · Rutherglen, Australia · Styria, Austria
Shows up as
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Also answers to Muscat, Moscato, Muscat Canelli, Yellow Muscat, Moscato Bianco, Muscat Petits Grains.
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