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noun

Muscatel n.

A common name for several varieties of rich sweet wine, made in Italy, Spain, and France.

pl. Finest raisins, dried on the vine; "sun raisins." (Variously written moscatel, muscadel, etc)

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Etymology of 'Muscatel'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Muscatel" Quotes from Famous Books

... Spain, and, above all, those of Cyprus, spoken of in high terms. A century later, Eustace Deschamps praised the Rhine wines, and those of Greece, Malmsey, and Grenache. In an edict of Charles VI. mention is also made of the muscatel, rosette, and the wine of Lieppe. Generally, the Malmsey which was drunk in France was an artificial preparation, which had neither the colour nor taste of the Cyprian wine. Olivier de Serres tells us that in his time it was made with water, honey, clary juice, beer grounds, and brandy. At first ...

— Manners, Custom and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period • Paul Lacroix

... our return, M. Colyn insisted on our tasting the several sorts of wine which he produces,—Constantia properly so-called, both red and white, Pontac, Pierre, and Frontignac. The wine produced in other localities, which is called Cape wine par excellence, is manufactured from a muscatel grape of a dark straw colour, which seemed to me in flavour preferable to the grape of Provence. We have just said that there are two sorts of Constantia, the red and the white; they are both produced from muscatel ...

— Celebrated Travels and Travellers - Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century • Jules Verne

Words linked to "Muscatel" : vinifera grape, muscadel, muscat, muscat grape, fortified wine, muscadelle