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Moscatel de Alejandría Valencia

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 Valencia — a muscat white variety vinified in the Moscatel de Valencia DOP as a natural sweet and semi-sweet wine, on the limestone and clay soils of the Valencia region under Mediterranean sun — is the great sweet white wine of the Valencian Community.