white grape · regional specialty
Orange Muscat
uncertain; possibly France
Say it
or·injmus·kat
On the palate
orange peelorange blossomapricotwhite peach
How you spot it blind: orange-blossom perfume so intense it can border on overpowering
The story
Parentage confirmed as Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains × Chasselas Blanc by DNA and ampelographic analysis (Schneider et al., AJEV 2008), though VIVC entry #25848 records both parentage and country of origin as unresolved.
Where it lives
Central Valley, California, USA · Rutherglen and NE Victoria, Australia · Veneto, Italy
Shows up as
still whitesweetlate harvest
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