A popular dessert wine, bright mahogany in colour with a gold-green rim. The bouquet is lifted with raisin and toffee aromas. The palate is smooth and luscious and layered with flavours of caramel, dried fruit and roasted nuts. Many years ageing in old oak casks has produced rancio complexity and a very long, persistent finish.
Accolades
“Deepish tawny-brown colour with russet tints and a yellow-green rim. The bouquet is intensely muscaty and concentrated, while the taste is rich and sweet, lusciously rounded and supple, with lots of viscosity and vibrant fruit in the centre, its freshness assisted by clean acidity. The muscat fruit is very present yet the wine has considerable aged complexity from older blending wines. A lovely drinking muscat.”
95 Points, Top Ranking, 5 Star Recommended
Huon Hooke, The Real Review 2022
“Some stonkingly good wines in here. The best wines were deep, beguiling examples of fortified wine showing kaleidoscopic complexity, balanced spirit, in-check sugars and gracefully managed old material.”
Judge, Wine Show of Western Australia 2024
“Freshness is the key. Full flavoured complexity. Watch out Rutherglen.”
Judge, Wine Show of Western Australia 2017
“A very good example of this style of wine. Has developed a high degree of lusciousness with ripe caramel and honeyed dried fruits. Multi-layered and deep and concentrated with a warm palate-coating viscosity. Has started to show some classic muscat rancio which comes with extended ageing in old oak before bottling. Great to see the style.”
Ray Jordan, The West Australian Wine Guide
Awards
Gold Medal, Wine Show of Western Australia 2024
Gold Medal, Decanter World Wine Awards 2023
Gold Medal, Class 42, Wine Show of Western Australia 2017
Silver Medal, Class 42, Qantas Wine Show of Western Australia 2014
Silver Medal, Class 19, BV & WA Boutique Wine Show 2014
