muscatel

American  

[muhs-kuh-tel, muhs-kuh-tel] / ˌmʌs kəˈtɛl, ˈmʌs kəˌtɛl /

Also muscadelle.

noun

1. a sweet wine made from muscat grapes.

2. a muscat grape.

3. a raisin made from muscat grapes.

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muscatel British  

/ ˌmʌskəˈtɛl /

noun

1. Also called: muscat.  a rich sweet wine made from muscat grapes

2. the grape or raisin from a muscat vine

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Etymology

Origin of muscatel

1350–1400; < Middle French, equivalent to muscat muscat + -el noun suffix; replacing Middle English muscadel ( le ) < Middle French, equivalent to muscad- (< Old Provençal muscade, feminine of muscat musky) + -elle, feminine of -el noun suffix

Example Sentences

The wine hasn’t been fashionable, perhaps because of its lean profile and the similarity in name to muscat, or moscato, and muscatel.

From Washington Post

“More delicious than a thousand kisses, milder than muscatel wine,” Johann Sebastian Bach writes, in his “Coffee Cantata,” from the eighteenth century.

From The New Yorker

And the orange cake was light and paired with muscatel.

From Washington Post

Duck cooked sous vide gets a hard sear in a hot pan before the breast is paired with white asparagus, softly crisp leeks and an elderflower sauce enriched with muscatel and veal stock.

From Washington Post

While ever-changing, they might include dishes like shrimp beignets with kimchi and muscatel grapes, monkfish liver with sweet tomato and miso soup and suckling pig with pineapple.

From New York Times