Vintage
NV
ABV
17%
Wine Type
Red
Wine Style
Fortified
Wine Description
Muscats from their national birthplace in North East Victoria are revered by connoisseurs and pleasure-seekers alike. They are classified by blend age to mark the dazzling progression in richness and intensity as older stocks are blended in from barrels. Rutherglen Muscat is a young blend with lush fruit flavours and gorgeous rose-petal aromas. Kaleidoscope hues of amber and gold, irresistible flavours of butterscotch, raisin and treacle. Be seduced by the world’s most celebrated and decadent dessert wine. This Rutherglen Muscat is a blend of wines of a variety of ages, predominantly from 5 to 8 year old stock with a healthy slug of 15 to 20 year old material for extra depth and complexity. The younger material provides freshness and aromatic lift, whereas the older components of the blend give the Muscat wonderful character. The fruit is allowed to become very ripe on the vine before harvest. It is picked and crushed, then macerated between 1 and 3 days. The must is then pressed and the juice is fortified with clean neutral spirit to 18%. The wine is then transferred to barrel where it matures, in most cases for many years.
Accolades
92 Points - Halliday Wine Companion 2022
Winemaker's Bio
Nicholas Brown has lived and breathed wine his whole life, spending his childhood running around the cellars at his family winery. After school, he initially followed an interest in geological engineering before travelling and working in Europe for a few years. In 2003, Nick began a degree in oenology at the University of Adelaide. He worked in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia and and spent his holidays travelling and working in various French vineyards.
After completing his degree, he worked at Moss Wood in the Margaret River, Western Australia before moving back to All Saints Estate and St Leonards Vineyard to run the vineyard and continue the family winemaking tradition.
