The Moscatel wines, such like Port is a fortified wine.
Altough it is a great wine by itself, Moscatel is mainly a dessert wine produced in the Douro valley and in the Setúbal region.
Like Port there are different aged Moscatel, with different levels of complexity. "Moscatel" is the name that has been given to a group of grapes with high sugar content, it is common that the residual sugar per liter is about 140grms/liter.
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| DALVA Moscatel (blending Moscatel with an average of five years old) |
Setúbal is located just south of Lisbon. The region was recognized as a D.O.C. (Denomination of Controlled Origin) in 1907. The Setúbal and Douro regions have the right conditions to produce some of the best fortified wines from the Moscatel (Muscat) grapes.
Other countries that are very famous for their Moscatel: France (Muscat); Italy (Moscato); Spain (Moscatel), Brasil (Moscatel) and South Africa (Muscat).
In 2011 a portuguese Moscatel was considered the number one worldwide, competing with over 200 different samples from France; Italy, Spain, Brasil and South Africa.
It is interesting to know that in general the Moscatel is used as a dessert wine, but in Portugal there some locations where people use 20cl miniatures of Moscatel mixed with beer, quite refreshing and used normally as an aperitif.
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