Everything about Muscadelle totally explained
Muscadelle is a white
wine grape. It has a simple aroma of grape juice and raisins like grapes of the
Muscat family of grapes, but it's unrelated.
In France, it's a minor constituent in the sweet wines of
Bordeaux, such as those of
Sauternes and
Barsac. It rarely makes up more than 10% of the blend, which is dominated by
Sémillon and
Sauvignon Blanc. Throughout the 1990s and the beginning of the 21st century, plantings of the grape were falling.
In Australia, where it's known as
Tokay, the grape is used to make an increasingly popular
fortified wine, sometimes known as
Liqueur Tokay. Those made in the
Rutherglen region generally receive considerable aging in hot cellars, leading to a
maderised and
oxidative character. A few other Australian wine regions, including the
Barossa Valley make similar wines. A few other Australian wineries use the Muscadelle to make table wines in a similar way to French wineries.
The name, Tokay, convinced some Australian producers that the grape was
Pinot Gris (which is called Tokay by producers in
Alsace). Others thought the grape might have been
Hárslevelű, one of the components of the famous Hungarian sweet wine
Tokaji. However, it has been proven that Australian Tokay is Muscadelle.
In California, it's called
sauvignon vert.
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