Muscadet

[muhs-kuh-dey, mys-ka-de]

noun

1. a white grape grown especially in the lower Loire Valley region of France.

2. a dry white wine made from this grape.

Muscadet

/ myskadɛ, ˈmʌskəˌdeɪ /

noun

1. a white grape, grown esp in the Loire valley, used for making wine

2. any of various dry white wines made from this grape

Word History and Origins

Origin of Muscadet¹

< French muscadet, Middle French: wine with musklike taste; muscatel, -et

Word History and Origins

Origin of Muscadet¹

C20: from the region of Brittany where the grape was first grown

Example Sentences

Like Muscadet, this is a wine with a lot of seaside influence with body, also often intensified by lees contact.

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We also have an intriguing natural wine made from melon, the grape of Muscadet, and a robust Sicilian red ideal for hearty autumn fare.

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I find the combination creates a metallic taste and prefer Chablis or Muscadet.

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With unadorned raw oysters or oysters and mignonette, the classics — Muscadet, Chablis and Sancerre — are all wonderful.

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But it’s implicit in every column, like this early one about Muscadet.

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