The PDO Muscat wines of Greece

In this series I have been delving into the Muscat cultivar. With my most recent post on the Muscats of Patras and Rio Patras, I have completed coverage of the Greek instances of the cultivar and I have summarized the wines in the below chart.

Some observations re the wines:

• With two exceptions (Muscats of Patras and Rio Patras), the wines are all sourced from grapes grown in island environments
• With the exception of Lemnos, the wines are all from the Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains cultivar
• The wines are mostly sweet wines either made from sun-dried grapes or are fortified. PDO Lemnos is a dry Muscat.
• The wines are all 100% Muscats except in the case of the Cretan wines where the Muscat can be a minor contributor in the blend
• Within the various PDO regions, the muscats are known by a variety of names: Moschoudi, Muscat of Cephalonia, Moschato Spinas, Muscat of Rhodes, Moschato Aspro, and Moschato Alexandrias (Muscat of Alexandria from Lemnos).

I will continue the review of the variety with a look at the Muscats of Italy going forward.

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