Difficult cultivation as well as uncertain yields have pushed this variety well into the background. For all that it gives very pleasing muscat-type wines which in the main have very a pleasing muscatty nose and taste. Wines may be full and well-balanced, when they have friendly acidity levels and if they have undergone temperature-controlled fermentation.

Light golden colour, very delicate and clean muscat nose, medium-bodied, full and very well balanced with lower levels of acidity. 

Unfortunately one is often likely to encounter special-attribute wines that have come from over-ripe grapes, which are lacking in decent acidity, are dull and oxidised, which can be detected by their darker colour tones, and that have a rather bitter finish. In order to achieve a high quality, the producer must have had sufficient technological experience with this variety. Going by the experience in Rumania (Murfatlar) or in Austria (Burgenland) it is possible to make superb dessert wines from over-ripened grapes of this variety.

Bunches are attractive and berries possess an immensely soft muscat taste which attracts lovers of aromatic table grapes. 

Basic characteristics of quality wines:

Light golden colour, very delicate and clean muscat nose, medium-bodied, full and very well balanced with lower levels of acidity. 

Translation © Helena & John Baker 2004.