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Muscat of Alexandria

Greece

Say it

muss·katuval·ex·an·dree·uh

/ˈmʌs.kæt əv ˌæl.ɪɡˈzæn.dri.ə/French

Italian synonym Zibibbo pronounced tsee-BIB-boh

On the palate

orange blossomorange peelapricotlycheehoneymelon

How you spot it blind: intensely grapey orange-blossom scent from exceptional terpene concentration

The story

First written down · 1511, Spain (Herrera's Agricultura General)

DNA parentage analysis confirmed Muscat of Alexandria is a natural cross of the Greek variety Heptakilo and Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains, anchoring its botanical origin in Greece despite the Egyptian toponym.

Family tree: Heptakilo × Muscat a Petits Grains Blancs

Where it lives

Pantelleria, Italy · Málaga, Spain · Setúbal, Portugal · Lemnos, Greece · Western Cape, South Africa · Murray Darling, Australia · Central Valley, Chile

Shows up as

sweetfortifieddry still whitesparklingPassito di PantelleriaMoscatel de SetúbalMoscatel de Málaga

If you like this, try

Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains →Torrontés →Gewürztraminer →

Also answers to Zibibbo, Muscat d'Alexandrie, Moscatel de Alejandría.

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