muscatel
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- noun
- /ˌmʌskəˈtɛl/
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muscatel
- I mean that stuffed piece of lamb is gonna be on my dining room table next to some mint jelly and a good bottle of Muscatel unless you boys go out there and get me some Yonkers quick!
Examples
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Crab Louie and a quart of muscatel for 20 dollars.
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Katherine found an old-fashioned wine glass of her grandmother's and poured the brown wine—muscatel—into the wide shallow bowl and up to the gold-edged lip.
Fiction book (1991) -
You know, all the wines taste like muscatel to me.
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Pingatore drinks muscatel from a blind cup.
Fiction book (1991) -
Here we go... a Crab Louie and quart of muscatel for twenty dollars!
Fiction book (1998) -
Sparkling muscatel.
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♪ Daddy was a new sensation, got himself a congregation ♪ Built up quite an operation down below ♪ With the pie-eyed piper blowing, while the Muscatel was flowing - ♪ All the cats were go-go-going ♪ - Down below!
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She served the dessert with a glass of muscatel that perfectly complemented the flavors.
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At the wine tasting event, the muscatel stood out for its sweet aroma and rich taste.
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He enjoyed a chilled glass of muscatel while relaxing on the patio in the warm evening.
Synonyms
A sweet wine made from fragrant grapes that smells strongly of flowers
A sweet wine made from Muscat grapes, often from South Africa
How Sweet
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Muscatel comes from the grape name muscat, which is linked to musk 'a strong sweet smell'. So muscatel wine is named for its sweet, very fragrant aroma.