Moscato Bianco

the variety is fairly homogeneous, the few main differences are about cluster shape, productivity and scents, which are often linked to the growing environment. The bud has an expanded apex, fairly tomentose, light-green in color with carmine-red shades. The dark green coloured leaves are almost glabrous, medium-sized, pentagonal-orbicular, three- or five-lobed, with very conspicuous teeth, thin and almost smooth blade. The underside is glabrous. The petiolar sinus is lyre-shaped or narrow V-shaped. The cluster is medium-sized, semi-compact or semi-sparse, cylindrical, pyramidal and winged. The berry is medium-sized, ellipsoidal, amber-yellow-coloured and easily detachable. The skin is thick, and the flesh has a meaty texture with a clear muscat flavour.

vine of medium vigor, with an upright growth habit, robust shoots with medium-short internodes. Fairly balanced vegetation. It requires tuffaceous-marly soils, even if calcareous, but not too clayey and humid, and well-exposed terrains in the northern areas, with a dry and well-ventilated climate.

it adapts to various training and pruning systems, provided they are not too expanded and rich. In its vast growing areas, local training systems and pruning are used (long pruning and spurred cordons), while in central-southern Italy fully mechanized systems are used.

susceptible to powdery mildew, botrytis, sour rot and magnesium and potassium deficiency. Good resistance to winter cold.

it produces different wines depending on growing areas and processing type: in southern Italy and on the Islands liqueur wines are usually produced, while northern Italy tends to produce sparkling wines. The liqueur wine has a golden-yellow, sometimes amber color, with very intense scents. It is strongly aromatic, full-bodied, alcoholic and sweet. Sparkling Muscat wines are most renowned, with their pale yellow colour and rare golden reflections, intense scent and exquisite muscat flavor; light-bodied with a perfect perlage: they are unsurpassed in quality.

Moscato Bianco R2, VCR3, VCR221, VCR315, CN4, CVTCN16, CVTAT57, CVTG9, CVTG3, ISV5, MB25BIS; French clones: Inra-Entav 154, EVENA42, EVENA48, EVENA51, EVENA53.