2024 Blue Muscat Rosé

Location: The Blue Muscat was rediscovered in northern Switzerland, where it had survived on old houses. Its distribution area stretched from the Swiss Rhine Valley to Schaffhausen, where it was found relatively frequently.

History: Imagine a grapevine whose story begins in ancient India! Blue Muscat originated in the Machcha kingdom in eastern Rajasthan. Even its name reveals its origins: Over the centuries, the name "Muscat" evolved from "Machcha" and "Vati."
From India, it took the northern route through Bactria and Khorasan—a route that made it a frost-hardy variety. This trait would later prove to be a great advantage in Europe.
It became native to the Upper Rhine Valley, Lake Constance, and especially the Alemannic-speaking region of Switzerland, Alsace, and Baden. A fascinating detail from its history: A Muscat vine was documented in the Jura around 1500, which was said to have been 1,500 years old at the time—a living witness from Roman times!
For a long time, Blauer Muskateller was considered extinct in Germany. But the vine survived hidden in old houses in northern Switzerland—a true survivor that today tells us the story of a millennia-old wine culture stretching from India to the Alps.

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