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Vitis vinifera Muscat d'Alexandrie - Grape vine

Vitis vinifera Muscat d'Alexandrie
Common Grape Vine, European Grape, Wine Grape

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The plant is of good size and appears vigorous.

Maïté, 26/11/2020

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Medium-vigour variety. Large, fairly compact clusters. Big, ellipsoid berries with thin and resistant skin, ranging from matte green to golden yellow. Firm, crunchy, juicy, sweet, and highly musky pulp. Harvest in October. The 'Muscat d'Alexandrie' vine is quite susceptible to diseases and frost. However, it is resistant to drought.
Flavour
Sugary
Height at maturity
5 m
Spread at maturity
2 m
Exposure
Sun
Self-fertilising
Best planting time October to November
Recommended planting time January to April, September to December
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Description

The  'Muscat d'Alexandrie' grape vine is a variety of medium vigour. It produces large, fairly compact clusters. The large berries are ellipsoidal, with thin and resistant skin, matte green to golden yellow. The flesh is firm, crunchy, juicy, sweet, and very musky. Harvest takes place in October. This variety is quite susceptible to diseases and frost, but it is drought-resistant.

The wine grape vine (Vitis vinifera) grew wild over 5000 years ago. Its introduction to France for cultivation was done by the Romans. Many hybrids were created to vary colours, flavours, and uses. The 'Muscat d'Alexandrie' vine is a variety that appears to be a cross-breeding: 'Muscat blanc à petits grains' x 'Heptakilo'. It is listed in the Official Catalogue of Grapevine Varieties for wine and table grapes.

A vigorous, woody climbing stem bush, the 'Muscat d'Alexandrie' grape vine reaches up to 5m (16ft) in height, trained against a wall. Its final shape will depend on the pruning practiced. The plant attaches itself to its support (trellis, espalier) thanks to its tendrils and prefers well-sunny situations. It has a trailing habit. It prefers deep, well-drained soil and a sunny exposure. Fairly high temperatures are necessary for flowering and for proper fruit ripening: it will be best suited to the south of Continental Europe. Its foliage is serrate, with a deep green colour in summer, and its leaves turn red in autumn. Its flowering in clusters occurs in May with very small white-pink flowers.

Its grapes, in large clusters, ripen more or less early in October depending on the regions. The large berries are elongated spheres, the thin skin is nevertheless resistant, and the appetising colour ranges from matte green to golden yellow. The flesh is firm, crunchy, juicy, sweet, and very musky. When made into wine, the 'Muscat d'Alexandrie' grape variety produces sweet, natural wines with powerful, elegant, and floral aromas.

The grapes are consumed as table fruit, fresh, but also in jam, jelly, fruit juice, pastries, and of course, after vinification, as wine.

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Vitis vinifera Muscat d'Alexandrie - Grape vine (Plant habit) Plant habit
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Plant habit

Height at maturity 5 m
Spread at maturity 2 m
Growth rate normal

Fruit

Fruit colour yellow
Fruit diameter 2 cm
Flavour Sugary
Use Table, Jam, Patisserie, Alcohol
Harvest time October

Flowering

Flower colour green
Flowering time May
Inflorescence Cluster

Foliage

Foliage persistence Deciduous
Foliage colour green

Botanical data

Genus

Vitis

Species

vinifera

Cultivar

Muscat d'Alexandrie

Family

Vitaceae

Other common names

Common Grape Vine, European Grape, Wine Grape

Origin

Cultivar or hybrid

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Planting and care

Since the ravages of phylloxera in the late 19th century, grape vines are obligatorily grafted onto different rootstocks, resistant to this disease and adapted to different types of soil. These rootstocks come from American varieties. Plant the 'Muscat d'Alexandrie' vine in the autumn, in a deep, well-drained soil—even stony, arid, poor and chalky substrates—in a well-exposed site, sheltered from strong winds. Incorporate 3 or 4 handfuls of fertiliser for fruit trees and 2 kg of composted manure for each plant into the soil. The roots should not come into contact with the manure. After planting, prune above 2 large buds to encourage the growth of two branches. Keep the most vigorous one, and tie it to a stake. The training pruning will follow.

The vine does not require regular fertiliser application for good yield. On the contrary; enrich the soil with potash slag, crushed horn or iron chelate, only every 2-3 years.

Planting period

Best planting time October to November
Recommended planting time January to April, September to December

Intended location

Suitable for Meadow, Rockery
Type of use Container, Climbing, Orchard, Conservatory
Hardiness Hardy down to -15°C (USDA zone 7b) Show map
Ease of cultivation Amateur
Planting density 1 per m2
Exposure Sun
Soil pH Neutral, Calcareous
Soil type Chalky (poor, alkaline and well-drained), Clayey-chalky (heavy and alkaline), Silty-loamy (rich and light), Stony (poor and well-drained), free-draining, porous

Care

Pruning instructions Training pruning: the vertical cordon is the simplest to use when covering a facade or a high wall. Keep a vertical leader on which secondary branches will be allowed to grow every 20 cm (8in). Extend the cordon by a height of 50 to 60 cm (20 to 24in) each year. To obtain a bilateral cordon (with two arms), select two opposite buds that will be individually trained into diverging cordons. Fruiting pruning: the vine blooms on the shoots of the current year, carried by the branches of the previous year. For abundant fruiting, the stems need to be renewed each year. Pruning green material is recommended in May-June, in the form of bud removal.
Pruning Pruning recommended once a year
Pruning time February to March, May to June
Soil moisture Dry
Disease resistance Average
Overwinter Can be left in the ground
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