Muscardin

{{Short description|Variety of grape}}

{{Distinguish|text = Muscadine (a grapevine), Muscardine, or Muscadin}}

{{Infobox grape variety

| name = Muscardin

| color = Noir

| image = Muscardin.jpg

| caption = Muscardin in Viala & Vermorel

| species = Vitis vinifera

| also_called = Muscadin, Muscardin Noir

| origin = France

| hazards =

| regions = Southern Rhône

| notable_wines = Châteauneuf-du-Pape

}}

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Muscardin is a dark-skinned grape variety primarily found in the southern part of the Rhône region. It is primarily noted for being one of the thirteen grape varieties permitted in the Châteauneuf-du-Pape appellation.{{cite encyclopedia |editor=Jancis Robinson |encyclopedia=Oxford Companion to Wine |edition=Third |title=Muscardin |year=2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=0-19-860990-6 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00janc/page/463 463] |url=https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00janc/page/463 }} It is a very rare variety, and in 2004 only 0.4% of the appellation's vineyards were planted with Muscardin.[http://www.chateauneuf.dk/en/production/grapes.htm www.chateauneuf.dk: Grapes], accessed on June 19, 2008

The resulting red wines tends to have high acid levels, low alcohol, light tannic structure but can show attractive flowery aromas. The color is also lighter than most Rhone varieties and the wine is prone to the wine fault of oxidation.J. Robinson Vines, Grapes & Wines pg 203 Mitchell Beazley 1986 {{ISBN|1-85732-999-6}}Oz Clarke Encyclopedia of Grapes pg 129 Harcourt Books 2001 {{ISBN|0-15-100714-4}}