The white grape variety originates from France. Synonyms are Chasselas Blanc Musqué, Chasselas Moscato, Chasselas Moschato, Chasselas Muscat, Chasselas Musqué du Baron Salomon, Chasselas Musqué de Nantes, Chasselas Passatutti, Chrupka Muscatova, Muscat-Gutedel, Muscat-Gutedel, Saint Albans, Shasla Muskatnaya and Zsagos Chasselas. It is a flavour mutation of the Chasselas grape variety; the berries have a muscat tone. No stocks were recorded in 2016 (Kym Anderson statistics). Chasselas Musqué is also a synonym for Muscat d'Alexandrie.
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