Muscat d'Eisenstadt (also known as Muscat de Saumur and Muscat Précoce de Saumur) is a white

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of French origin. It was first cultivated in 1842 by

Auguste Courtiller Auguste Courtiller (1795-1875) was a French paleontologist and viticulturist. Muscat de Saumur Muscat d'Eisenstadt (also known as Muscat de Saumur and Muscat Précoce de Saumur) is a white variety (botany), variety of grape (wine), grape of Franc ...

(1795–1875), who created it by selecting

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s from a

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vine with

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.Vitis International Variety Catalogue: Muscat Precoce de Saumur
accessed on December 27, 2009 Courtiller worked in the ''Jardin des Plantes'' of the city of Saumur. Muscat d'Eisenstadt shows very early ripening, which is indicated by the term " précoce" in its name. This property has made Muscat d'Eisenstadt popular to use as a crossing partner for many other grape varieties, including

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and possibly including

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Synonyms

Muscat d'Eisenstadt is also known under the following synonyms: Blanc Précoce Musqué de Courtiller, Courtiller Musqué, Courtiller Précoce, Courtillier Muskat, Early Saumur Frontignan, Kurtie, Kurtile Rannii, Madeleine Musqué de Courtillier, Mouskat Soumjur, Muscat de Courtiller, Muscat de Saumur, Muscat Précoce de Courtiller, Précoce Blanc Musqué de Courtiller, Précoce de Courtiller, Précoce de Courtillier, Précoce de Saumur, Précoce Musqué, Précoce Musqué de Courtiller, Prekos de Kurtile.

References

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