Babatzim Monovarietal Grape Marc Muscat
£28.00
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Babatzim Monovarietal Grape Marc Muscat
£28.00
Description
Grape Marc spirits of double distillation in traditional copper hambyques. From grapes grown in Macedonia, Greece. Elegant, expressively aromatic with unmistakable “identity”. Best finish to a long and versatile dinner or to be had as an aperitif.
At a glance
Grape
Muscat Blanc
ABV
40.0%
Grape
Muscat Blanc
Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains is a white wine grape of Greek origin that is a member of the Muscat family of Vitis vinifera. Its name comes from its characteristic small berry size and tight clusters. It is known under a variety of local names such as Moscato Bianco, Muscat Blanc, Muscat Canelli, Muscat de Frontignan, Muscat de Lunel, Muscat d’Alsace, Muskateller, Moscatel de Grano Menudo, Moscatel rosé and Sárgamuskotály. While technically a white grape, there are strains of Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains vines that produce berries that are pink or reddish-brown. The same vine could potentially produce berries of one colour one year and a different colour the next. Variants, where the differing grape colour is stable, are typically classified as separate grape varieties Muscat Rouge à Petit Grains for red skin colour and Muscat Rose à Petit Grains for pink skin colour.
Producer
Babatzim traces back to 1875, when the Babatzimopoulos brothers founded a distillery in Constantinople, drawing on a family raki-making tradition from Silivria, near the city. The 1922 population exchange forced the family to Greece, where they resettled among fellow refugees from Eastern Rumelia and rebuilt the business at Anchialos, near Thessaloniki. In 1971, Anestis Babatzimopoulos — grandson of the founders — planted the family's first experimental vineyard on the slopes of Mount Vertiskos, later converting the estate to organic farming and adding a second winery within the vineyard itself, near Lagadas. Four generations on, the family still distils tsipouro and ouzo from its own Macedonian grapes alongside a range of regional wines.