Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise

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Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise is a French fortified wine that belongs to the Vin Doux Naturel family. A sweet Muscat wine is produced in the communes of Beaumes-de-Venise and Aubignan . The area lies within the Denomination of Origin Rhône north of Carpentras in the Vaucluse department .

The vineyards are at a height of 220 to 300 m above sea level. NN at the foot of the Dentelles de Montmirail .

Old vintages of Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise

The regulation requires that the must contains at least 252 g of sugar per liter (see must weight ), which already corresponds to a selection level. His alcoholic fermentation , the addition of 95% alcohol stopped. At least 110 g of unfermented sugar per liter must remain in the wine . The legal basic yield is very low at 30 hl / ha. However, this rule has often been violated since the 1993 vintage, so that the yield is closer to 30 to 32 hl / ha.

The Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise has had its own appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC for short) since June 10, 1945 , for which only the Muscat grape variety Muscat blanc à petits grains has been permitted since 1956 . When the area received appellation status in 1945, there was only one winemaker who was interested in the product. In the first year only 55 hectoliters of wine were produced on an area of ​​3 hectares.

In 2005, around 12,300 hectoliters of wine were produced on an area of ​​503 hectares . More than 130 winemakers are affiliated with the local winemaking cooperative . In addition, eleven winemakers market their products themselves.

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