Melon de Bourgogne

WhiteVinifera white

Muscadet

Neutral, saline and bracingly dry, made interesting almost entirely by long ageing on its lees.

At harvest

Each bar drawn against the full range of all 54 varieties

Sugar

18-21 Brix

18 - 21

Titratable acidity

7-9 g/L

7 - 9

3-3.3

3.0 - 3.3

Juice yield

0.69 L/kg

free run plus a gentle press

Sugar per kilogram

145 g

at 19.5 Brix, the midpoint

Fruit for 23 litres

33 kg

before racking losses

Potential alcohol

10.7-11.7%

from 1.081 fermented dry. A range, because conversion varies by strain

What it punishes

Racking it early. Without sur lie ageing there is very little wine here.

Made into

Dry white
Sur lie

Sulphite at this pH

At pH 3.15, protecting a white wine to 0.8 mg/L molecular SO2 takes 18 mg/L of free SO2. Work it out for your own reading.

More vinifera white

21-24 Brix

Chardonnay

Burgundy, and every wine country since

20-23 Brix

Sauvignon Blanc

Loire and Marlborough

19-24 Brix

Riesling

Mosel and Rheingau

21-24 Brix

Pinot Gris

Alsace and northern Italy

21-26 Brix

Muscat

Everywhere around the Mediterranean

22-26 Brix

Gewurztraminer

Alsace

23-26 Brix

Viognier

Condrieu

20-25 Brix

Chenin Blanc

Loire and South Africa