About this WINE
Muscat
Muscat refers to a family of grapes of which there are around 200 different branches. Muscat Blancs à Petits Grains is the most noble of the variety and makes the best and most distinctive wines. It is the only wine grape that produces wines that actually taste of grapes, and can produce a range of wines from pale, bone dry whites, through to golden yellow, rich, sweet wines.
In Alsace, two types of Muscat are grown - Muscat Blancs à Petits Grains and Muscat Ottonel. They are usually blended to produce wines that tend to be light and dry with a fruity, musky character and an intensely aromatic bouquet. Intensely sweet late harvest wines are also produced.
Muscat de Beaumes de Venise is one of the best Vin Doux Naturels in France. This is produced by adding grape spirit to the partly fermented must - the best producers, such as Domaine de Durban, produce deliciously sweet wines with rich grapey aromas balanced by fruity acidity.
In Australia Muscat à Petit Grains is used to produce the fortified Liqueur Muscats of Victoria (esp. Rutherglen). These are extraordinary wines - dark and treacly with a sensational perfume of orange, raisins and honey.
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Shaped as much by the fohn wind that whistles throught this region, it's of no surprise to learn that the Fronholz hill is also perfect for Andre's crunchy Muscat (d'Ottonel - for quality). A very modest alcohol (12%) and stainless-steel vinification gives us this dry wine that sings of printemps, of fresh grass cuttings, while the palate serves out white peaches and mandarins! Blessed with such pretty lines and moreish grilled almond flavours, this is must try aperitif on a par with the likes of Condrieu. Drinking now till 2020.
(David Berry Green, Berrys' Alsace Buyer)
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