The Blütenmuskateller is a Russian crossing from the year 1947, one of the fungus-resistant varieties. It was first added to the register of grape varieties in 2013.

Russia

a crossing of Severnyj x Muskat

111.74 ha; 0.3%

A picture shows the leaf and grape cluster of the Blütenmuskateller, © Austrian Wine/Blickwerk Fotografie

Important ampelographic features

© Austrian Wine / Blickwerk Fotografie

Important ampelographic features

Leaf

pentagonal, three to five lobes, deeply sinuated

Grape cluster

medium-sized, medium density, cone-shaped with one to three wings, no secondary clusters; berries are elliptical, green-to-yellow in colour with an intense muscat flavour

 

Ripening

Ripening

very early
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Significance & conditions

This variety needs a good vineyard with soils that allow at least a medium root depth. Yield management is often required. Blütenmuskateller grapes can achieve high sugar content, making it well suited to the production of sweet wines. It is one of the fungus-resistant varieties, and is therefore protected against oidium and Peronospora.

    Area under vine in Austria
    (as a proportion of the variety’s total area)

    Click on the wine origin in the list for a breakdown into more specific regions of origin.

    Total area in Austria:

    The Leithaberg and Neusiedlersee wine-growing regions overlap by almost 160 ha (Rieds Hausberg and Neuberg), according to the Austrian Wine Law. This means that the listed area under vine in Burgenland is 160 ha less than the actual total area across all wine-growing regions in Burgenland.

    A picture shows a hand holding a glass of white wine.

    Characteristics of the wine

    © Austrian Wine / Blickwerk Fotografie

    Characteristics of the wine

    Blütenmuskateller produces fuller-bodied, more corpulent wines than Gelber Muskateller, and has a strong muscat aroma reminiscent of blossom.

     

    Source varietal specifications: Höhere Bundeslehranstalt und Bundesamt für Wein- und Obstbau (Federal College and Federal Office for Viticulture, Oenology and Fruit Growing) in Klosterneuburg, “Austria’s Qualitätswein grape varieties and their clones“ („Österreichische Qualitätsweinrebsorten und deren Klone“), 2nd, reviewed edition, September 2015

    Source area under vine: Calculation by Austrian Wine based on data from BML/IACS (as at 28 June 2023). Moving annual total (MAT) from June 2022 to June 2023.

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