| Moschofilero | |
|---|---|
| Grape (Vitis) | |
 Moschofilero grapes | |
| Color of berry skin | Rose |
| Species | Vitis vinifera |
| Also called | see list of synonyms |
| Origin | Greece |
| VIVC number | 8068 |
Moschofilero (Greek Μοσχοφίλερο) is an aromatic white grape of Greek origins with a pink/purple skin and quite spicy flavor with good acidity. Grown throughout much of Greece and primarily in Peloponnese where it is traditionally used to make a dry and bold wine with much spice and perfume. It is characterized by a "rose garden' bouquet and is usually paired with fresh fruit or fruit-based desserts. It makes still, sparkling, and dessert wines, and can have characteristics similar to the Muscat. It ripens late and can have problems with hot weather. It is the grape required to make the "Mantineia" PDO blanc de gris wines.
Moschofilero grows in Northern California at the Abbey of New Clairvaux since 2011. The original Moschofilero cuttings were imported in 1948 by Harold Olmo, grape breeder at the University of California, Davis, where they were stored until the abbey of New Clairvaux took interest in the early 2000s.[1]
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Wine Education 101: Gerorge Skouras describes Moschofilero.
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Michael Weiss on New Wines of Greece
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Moschofilero is it is my grape, I love that grape very much. It is in the center Peleponese, I make wine with Moschofilero for the last 20 years. Moschofilero is a grape variety which we can find in the center of Peloponnese in the plateau. Because of that it's typical. at, uhm... two thousand two hundred feet, and up there is it a cold area of Peloponnese. Imagine that the harvest comes in October. As this area is a cold area the Moschofilero preserves the aromatics. By itself, the grapes of Moschofilero, they have red skin, which is not exactly red becasue there are a lot of clones, so there is the Asprofilero, "white filero" which is green. More green. There is the xanthofilero, which is the "blonde-filero" which is another grape like Gewurztraminer. There is the Mavrofilero which is the "black-Filero". So there is a lot of different grapes, but there is color in the skins. But the wine have no color. It's unbelievable, it's like, transparent. But the wine is is always having such beautiful aromatics, based in flowers. Rose petals, violets, jasmine you know the sweet tree citrons (citrus) all these citrusy aromas comes from the Moschofilero. It is really very very pleasant. At the same time Moschofilero has a very nice acidity. The Moschofilero is a little bit hard to work, because you never know when to stop, to to get color or not in your press. You know we go for just fifty percent of free run juice when making the wine. After that we can have color. They are grapes... magnificent. They resist very very well to the rain and everything like that. It's an excellent grape. I feel very lucky to have that grape in Greece.
Synonyms
Moschofilero is also known under the synonyms Fileri Tripoleos, Filleri Tripoleos, Moschophilero, Moscophilero, Mosxofilero, Phileri Tripoleos.[2] The Filéri family of cultivars also includes the white and black Filéri varietals.
References
- ^ Mike Dunne, Dunne on Wine: Greek grapes take root in Tehama County, Sacbee.com, 2 August 2017
- ^ Moschofilero, Vitis International Variety Catalogue, accessed 2010-12-03
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