Early Muscat
Early Muscat is a white wine variety . It is a new breed between Muscat de Hambourg and Queen of the Vineyards. The crossing took place in 1943 by Harold Olmo at the University of California at Davis . The grape variety was launched in 1958. In addition to viticulture, it is also used as a table grape . Today only small stocks in California ( viticulture in California ) and Oregon ( viticulture in Oregon ) are planted with the Early Muscat variety. There are also known plantings in Australia (64 hectares) and South Africa . It is also approved in Spain .
See the article Viticulture in Australia , Viticulture in South Africa , Viticulture in Spain , Viticulture in the United States, as well as the list of grape varieties .
Parentage: Muscat de Hambourg x Queen of the Vineyards .
Synonyms
Early Muscat is also known under the breed number California K 4-19.
Ampelographic varietal characteristics
In ampelography , the habitus is described as follows:
- The shoot tip is open. It is almost hairless. The young leaves are slightly bronze in color.
- The thick leaves are three- to five-lobed and indented to a medium depth. The stem bay is lyren-shaped open. The blade is bluntly serrated. The teeth are small compared to other varieties. The leaf surface (also called the leaf blade) is blistered and rough.
- The rounded berries are small. The taste of the berries is aromatic (like nutmeg).
The vigorous grape variety is considered to ripen very early.
Web links
- Early Muscat in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English)
literature
- Pierre Galet : Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages. Hachette, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-01-236331-8 .
- Jancis Robinson : The Oxford Wine Lexicon. 2nd, completely revised edition. Hallwag, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-7742-0914-6 .