Muscat Vendanges Tardives

Muscat Vendanges Tardives is a dessert produced by Armand Gilg in Alsace, Alsace, France. Made from Muscat. Cellarion's sommeliers have reviewed the drink window of 1 vintage; members see when it is ready. Track this wine and manage your cellar with Cellarion — the free, open-source wine app at cellarion.app.

Type: Dessert

Appellation: Alsace

Region: Alsace

Country: France

Grapes: Muscat

Tasting profile

Structure: medium-bodied, medium acidity, sweet

A late-harvest Muscat from Alsace — an unusual bottling, since Muscat is more often made bone dry here. Picked at Vendanges Tardives ripeness, it keeps the grape's unmistakable fresh-grape aroma while gaining orange blossom, honey and dried apricot, with a sweet but perfumed and surprisingly light palate.

When to drink

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Where it comes from

Alsace, France

Alsace — a distinctive wine region in northeastern France, tucked between the Vosges mountains and the Rhine along the German border.

Muscat

Muscat is a white grape, or rather a large and ancient family of related varieties grown around the Mediterranean and far beyond, unmistakable for its intensely grapey, floral perfume — one of the few grapes whose wine…

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