Moscatel de Setúbal

Muscat of Alexandria. It makes the rich fortified Moscatel de Setúbal and increasingly dry, aromatic table wines.

In the glassOrange peel, honey, grapes, flowers.

Wines made with Moscatel de Setúbal

Moscatel de Setúbal

Fortified

A rich fortified Muscat from the Setúbal Peninsula. After fortification the wine stays in contact with the grape skins for months, soaking up intense orange-peel and floral flavours. Aged versions turn amber and take on notes of caramel, dried apricot and walnut. Moscatel Roxo, from a rare pink-skinned grape, is especially prized.

Bottles to try

Producers to try

José Maria da Fonseca

Est. 1834

Azeitão · Península de Setúbal, Alentejo

One of Portugal’s oldest table-wine producers. Makes Periquita, Lancers rosé and Moscatel de Setúbal with a cellar of 19th-century stock, plus talha wines at its José de Sousa estate in the Alentejo.

Bacalhôa Vinhos

Azeitão · Península de Setúbal, Alentejo, Douro

A large group based in Azeitão, named after the Renaissance Quinta da Bacalhôa. Known for Moscatel, Castelão and a Bordeaux-style red.

Moscatel de Setúbal

Wines made with Moscatel de Setúbal