Narrative
Type = Wine Grape. Per Vinifera Wine Grape Varieties, pg. 80-81: "Growing tip: felty, white, flat. Young leaves: downy, bullate, bronze on the bulges. Leaf: large, orbicular-reniform 035-3-46, lateral sinuses 31, bullate, contorted, lightly cobwebby below,veins and petioles with rough pubescence, pink petiolar junction; petiolar sinus lyre-shaped often closed; teeth pointed, average. Shoot: dark mahogany red on ventral (bud) side, while on the dorsal side it is only partly red with pink nodes; tendrils long, red, thin. Cane: clear yellow, darker nodes, no bloom. Cluster: large, 15-20 cm, conical, loose; berries medium, 12mm, white or grayish pink, speckled at full maturity, round, slight muscat flavor. This Southwestern variety is grown principally in the Bordeaux area where it is used to give aroma to the wines of Sauvignon and Semillon. The wine of Muscadelle has a particular aroma somewhat resembling muscat. Of moderate vigor and productivity, this variety buds out late and ripens midseason. It is sensitive to powdery mildew, phomopsis, and botrytis, while being slightly less susceptible to downy mildew."