Date: October 14, 2018
To:
Restaurant Staff
From: Restaurant Sommelier
RE: New
Grape Varieties
One of our customers is looking to branch out for a
new grape varieties and has asked me to research them and discuss my findings.
The new grapes are Moschofilero, Grillo, Ugni Blanc, and Petit Manseng. I have
researched these and here is my findings.
Moschofilero is a pink-skinned grape variety grown
mainly on Greece’s Peloponnes peninsula. This wine is fresh, light with aromatic
character and floral with grapy flavors. These rang in color from green to
black, with considerable differences in sugar content and acidity. It is
traditionally used to make a dry and bold wine. It usually makes still,
sparkling and dessert wines.
The Grillo is a Sicilian grape variety that was once
widely grown on bush-vines and used in the production of Marsala. The variety
is still extensively grown on Sicily, but it is now more common to find Grillo
produced as varietal wine. It shows a range of citrus flavors, usually led by
lemon. It has a strong citrus aroma.
The Ugni Blanc, or Trebbiano is a white-wine grape
originally from Italy, where it generates large quantities of simple but
refreshing white wine. It has high acidity levels with strong aromas of citrus
and lemon.
The Petit Manseng is the small-berried cousin of Gros
Manseng, a light-skinned variety that some believe to be genetically linked to
Albarino. It is found in the southwestern portions of France. This wine has a
strong floral aroma with high sugar content. It is well known for dessert and
sweet white wines.
I hope this helps everyone out with these new grape varieties
and please keep this memo for reference.
Thank you for you good work.
References:
Moshofilero retrieved from: http://www.wine-searcher.com/grape-1471-moschofilero
Grillo, Retrieved from: http://www.wine-searcher.com/grape-204-grillo
Ugni Blanc, Retrieved from: http://www.vindefrance-cepages.org/en/encyclopedie-des-cepages-de-france-ugni-blanc-34
Petit Manseng, Retrieved from: http://www.decanter.com/people-and-places/wine-articles/490074/lesser-known-grape-of-petit-manseng
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