🍇 Muscat Bleu
Dark-skinned wine and table grape from Switzerland; 5 synonyms in VIVC.
Muscat Bleu is a dark-skinned wine and table grape from Switzerland. VIVC classes it as an interspecific hybrid rather than a pure Vitis vinifera variety.
According to the breeder, its pedigree is Garnier 15-6 × Seyve Villard 20-347; VIVC does not mark it as confirmed by DNA markers. VIVC names Charles Garnier as the breeder.
Italy's National Register of Grapevine Varieties lists it under code 737, admitted on 27 September 2013.
Samples of the variety are kept in 11 collections. The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 5 synonyms for it, among them Aromato, so the same grape can turn up under other names. If a grape is named on the label of an EU wine, it makes up at least 85% of that wine.
How it connects to Wine
🍇 Muscat Bleu → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Swiss wine
- Offspring
- 🍇 Garantos, 🍇 Galante, 🍇 Osella, 🍇 Rosina
- Parents
- 🍇 Garnier 15-6, 🍇 Perle Noire
Frequently asked questions
Where does Muscat Bleu come from?
According to VIVC, from Switzerland. VIVC names Charles Garnier as the breeder.
What are the parents of Muscat Bleu?
According to the breeder, its pedigree is Garnier 15-6 × Seyve Villard 20-347; VIVC does not mark it as confirmed by DNA markers.
Under what other names is Muscat Bleu known?
VIVC lists 5 synonyms for it, among them Aromato, so the same grape can turn up under other names.
What to read next
- 🗺️ Swiss wine — The wine of Switzerland: 14,431 ha of vineyards (2025), 55% red grapes; the leaders are Pinot noir and Chasselas.
- 🍇 Perle Noire — A dark-berried table hybrid by Bertille Seyve-Villard (SV 20-347); by DNA markers, an offspring of Muscat Hamburg.
- 🍇 Garantos — A white muscat-flavoured table grape from Freiburg, Germany: Solaris × Muscat Bleu, crossed in 1991 and protected since 2017.
- 🍇 Galante — A German black-berried table grape crossed in 1991 in Freiburg from Solaris and Muscat Bleu; also known as Galanth.
- 🍇 Osella — A disease-resistant German red grape from 1990.
Similar
🍇 Satin Noir · 🍇 Sirame · 🍇 Cabernet Blanc · 🍇 Himbertscha · 🍇 Durize · 🍇 Rèze
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Muscat Bleu
- Registro Nazionale delle Varietà di Vite (MASAF/CREA): Muscat Bleu N., codice 737
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)
- Wikidata