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Moscatel de Alejandría Roussillon

Origin

Eastern Mediterranean / Ancient Egypt, introduced early in Greece and then in Spain.

Growing regions

Spain (Valencia, Málaga, Alicante, Jerez, Canaries), Italy (Pantelleria, Sicily), France (Roussillon, Languedoc), Portugal (Setúbal), South Africa, Australia, Chile

Also known as

Muscat d’Alexandrie, Zibibbo (Sicily), Muscatel, Moscatel Gordo, Hanepoot (South Africa)

Moscatel de Alejandría from Roussillon — a muscat white variety grown in Roussillon alongside Muscat à petits grains, participating in the blends of Muscat de Rivesaltes and Rivesaltes blanc — is the great muscat of the Catalan sun.