Muscadet De Bourgogne: (a.k.a Melon de Bourgogne). Productive cool-climate grape widely grown on the Atlantic seaboard of the Loire region of France. The juice goes into the making of the dry, tart white wine that is famous as 'Muscadet de Sevres et Maine' or is distilled. The wine is light and fresh with distinctive fruit in good vintage years and best consumed while young. Recent DNA analysis indicates that this variety is yet another offspring deriving from an ancient Pinot cepage x Gouais Blanc cross. Also found in California because recent research indicates some plantings of this cultivar may have been mis-named Pinot Blanc. Confusion with Chardonnay sometimes results because the latter grape has several synonyms that include the word 'Melon'.

 

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Melon De Bourgogne: Identical to the Muscadet de Bourgogne grape..

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