Grape · white

Moschofilero

Cool climate

About

A pink-skinned aromatic grape from the high plateau of Mantinia at 650 metres, vinified as a fragrant white. Low alcohol, bright acidity, distinctive rose-petal perfume. Also made as a still rosé and traditional-method sparkling.

Typical profile

Body

Lean

Acidity

Electric

Sweetness

Off-dry

Aromas

What the grape gives up young, and what it grows into with time in bottle.

Young · fresh from the glass

rose petal rosewater lemon zest lychee musk white blossom grapefruit

Aged · develops with bottle time

orange peel beeswax dried rose candied citrus spice

Explore aromas

Oak influence

None

Aging

Best in the first 2-3 years for freshness; sparkling bottlings hold longer on lees.

Growing regions

How the grape expresses across places, grouped by country. Chips call out how a region's style deviates from the grape's default.

Greece

Peloponnese

The Mantinia PDO at 650 m: aromatic, low-alcohol dry whites with rose petal and citrus character. Also made as still rosé and traditional-method sparkling across the wider Arkadia plateau

Food pairings

greek saladgrilled fishgoat cheeseprawn saganakiasian fusionspanakopita

Similar grapes

Passerina

white blossomgrapefruit

Albariño

lemon zestgrapefruit

Lambrusco

rose petalrosewater

Furmint

lemon zestgrapefruit

Gewürztraminer

rose petalrosewaterlychee