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Grape Variety: Muscat

Geography: Very widely planted throughout Europe, also Victoria, Australia.



Viticulture: The hot, highly continental climate of North East Victoria, Australia is ideal terroir for growing grapes for producing delicious liqueur Muscats—Australia's answer to Europe's fortified versions.

Varietal/Blend: Often blended with various other grape varieties to increase complexity and flavor. Also used to make Asti Spumante in Italy.

Flavor & Character: Probably the only grape that produces wine with the aroma of the grape itself. Sweet Muscats have flavors of raisins and oranges.

Vinification: The sweet dessert wines are often fortified with grape brandy during fermentation to preserve sweetness.

Style: Produces a vast range of styles, ranging from sweet and fortified to dry, floral and grapy.

Body, Dry/Sweet: Ranges from the dry, full bodied and aromatic to the sweet heaviness of dessert wines.

Notes: Also known as Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains—its full name. Not to be confused with Muscadet, the dry white wine from the Loire Valley.

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