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Division Muscatel sweet vinegar

United Kingdom

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

Visual phase

  • syrupy, clean and bright, with mahogany colours of varying intensity.

    • Olfactory phase

  • intense aromas of muscatel grapes, which balance the acetic-acid, ethyl-acetate and oak-wood aromas.

    • Gustative phase

  • very well-balanced, bitter-sweet flavour, with high persistence in the mouth. Aromas of the variety that gives these vinegars their name are reinforced retronasally.

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    Footnotes

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    OJ L 93, 31.3.2006, p. 12. Replaced by Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1).