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Muskat Ottonel

Muskat Ottonel
(Muscato)

The Muskat-Ottonel is a more recent addition to the ancient Muscat family, and was cultivated from a seedling in France, and is thought to be a crossing of Chasselas and an undetermined Muscat variety.

France, Angers

New breed from Gutedel (Chasselas) x Muskat de Saumur

312.96 ha; 0.7% of total area under vine

White wine grape variety


Parentage

New crossing between Gutedel (Chasselas) and Muscat de Saumur, created in 1839 by Jean Moreau, a private vine breeder in Angers.

Vineyard area

Grown mainly around Lake Neusiedl in Burgenland. The area under this variety remains relatively constant.

A picture shows grapes of the grape variety Muskat Ottonel.

Important ampelographic features

© Austrian Wine / Oberleithner

Important ampelographic features

Leaf

small, pentagonal, five lobes, deeply sinuated

Grape cluster

small to medium, densely berried, cylindrical, usually with nosecondary clusters; berries are round-to-oval, greenish-yellow in colour, with flesh that has a delicate muscat flavour.

Vine growth over the course of the year

© Austrian Wine / Peter Oberleithner

Ripening

Ripening

very early
early
early to middle
middle
middle to late
late
very late

Significance & conditions

Is a significant variety in Burgenland.
For winegrowers, however, Scheurebe can prove challenging in the vineyard. It is very demanding in terms of location (warm, sheltered from the wind) and soil (good supply of water and nutrients). During flowering, it is particularly sensitive, often resulting in low, irregular yields. It can only tolerate a low lime content in the soil and is especially prone to chlorosis when the weather is cool and wet.

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

Depending on ripeness, can yield full-bodied yet mild wines with a delicate muscat flavour. Extremely ripe grapes can produce mild, very smooth Prädikatswein, which pairs excellently with sweet dishes.

Link

New Crossings

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 3 July 2024). Moving annual total (MAT) from July 2023 to July 2024.

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