{"id":13896,"date":"2017-01-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.invinic.com\/is-moscatel-wine-always-sweet"},"modified":"2018-02-15T13:45:25","modified_gmt":"2018-02-15T12:45:25","slug":"is-moscatel-wine-always-sweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.invinic.com\/en\/is-moscatel-wine-always-sweet","title":{"rendered":"Is Moscatel wine always sweet?"},"content":{"rendered":"
What do you know about Moscatel<\/strong> wine? You may have seen bottles of this on store shelves or even on wine lists. It is not a particularly well understood wine, so to better understand it let\u2019s take a look at its origins.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Remember our old friend the <\/span>Muscat<\/span><\/a> family? We previously established that the various Muscat grapes can make a wide range of wines spanning the entire range from bone dry to lusciously sweet. We know that of the more than 200 individual Muscat grapes, a mere handful are widely and commonly available. To refresh your memory, they were:<\/span><\/p>\n Muscat Blanc \u00e0 Petit Grains<\/b> accounts for the majority of Muscat wines you are likely to see, and the other three are relatively common too. What about Moscatel, then? Where does it fit in?<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Moscatel<\/b> is the name given to a fortified wine from Portugal made from Muscat grapes<\/a>. Moscatel is the Portuguese name for Muscat, and in this case doesn\u2019t refer to a specific grape but rather the wine itself. The specific grape in this case is most likely to be <\/span>Muscat of Alexandria<\/b>, perhaps better known as the grape used in the French <\/span>Vins Doux Naturels<\/span><\/i>. Moscatel wines come from the Set\u00fabal and Duoro regions of Portugal, and may be labelled as <\/span>Moscatel de Setubal<\/span><\/a> or Moscatel Duoro. Moscatel wines are aged for at least two years prior to their release, in either stainless steel tanks or oak barrels. Some higher-end examples can be aged for considerably longer. Portuguese Moscatel wines are of a very high quality, and considered on par with the country\u2019s other top fortified wines Port, Madeira and Carcavelos.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\nMoscatel and Muscat<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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What is Moscatel?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Is Moscatel wine always sweet?<\/strong><\/h2>\n