Muscat

Swan Valley

Muscat

Wow, it's hard to imagine anything better than this. This is pure luxury. Griffiths has been following his muscat quest for many years and started this blend back in 2003. You can see it in the colour, which has deep browny, khaki, and slightly olive green hues, which indicate the incredible age. The aroma is a layered maze of complexity...

Margaret River

Muscat

Wow. I mean, wow. The nose is almost overwhelming. But the colour has those deep brownie, khaki and slightly olive-green colours and hues that you get with very old wine. And then a nose that brings together an exotic mix of spices, toffee, caramel and chocolate in a captivating combination. The palate is unctuous, rich, dense and concentrated, with a...

Margaret River

Muscat

The colour is extraordinary: deep brownie, tawny, liquid caramel. The nose goes into another rarefied area, with layers of deep complexity: lush fruitcake, macerated raisin, dark chocolate and a little toffee. And then the palate shows that old-wine influence, but there is a freshness and vibrancy that gives it brightness through to a very, very long finish. Beautifully balanced, combining...

Swan Valley

Muscat

This luscious, fabulous muscat from the Swan Valley remains a work in progress, in that when the vintage is right it is blended back into the older wine that dates back over many years. This is as good a blend as I have tasted. Raisiny, caramel, dark toffee, spice and dark chocolate. The colour is even starting to develop a...

Geographe

Muscat

So good to see this great style maintained at St. Aidan. Matured in French oak for up to 20 years, it displays all the luscious raisiny, toffee-like characters you expect. There’s an appealing lift of orange peel and spice, while the palate is pure pleasure, rich, unctuous, and thoroughly delicious.

Swan Valley

Muscat

This is an extraordinary example of liqueur muscat from the Swan Valley. There are obviously stacks of old material in here, and yet it's been freshened with more recent additions. Hence, the result is a supremely balanced wine, where the combination of old rancio luscious complexity is elevated by some lovely, more recent florals. Totally beguiling combination of toffee, honeycomb,...

Swan Valley

Muscat

Glorious statement of this famous Swan valley style. Multi-layered complexity of toffee and luscious honey and raisins. There's stone fruit vanilla bean and licorice swirling through the thick unctuous palate. Has been freshened with some younger material to add some zip to the finish. Average age of the wine is 20 years with the base blend of vintages between 1974...

Margaret River

Muscat

A glorious expression of one of the great wine styles of Australia. It's loaded with rich dark fruits, releasing a combination of butterscotch, raisiny fruitcake, a little orange peel, and, of course, a lifted spiciness. It's developed over many years a slightly rancio complexity, which is what you want in this style, and it is multi-layered and complex. Multi-layered and...

Margaret River

Muscat

This is a luscious and beautiful, fortified wine that comes off unirrigated 64-year-old vines. The colour is quite pale, but the aromas are immediately captivating with a mix of orange peel, florals, even a little butterscotch, and then the palate releases with a rich and flavoursome flavour profile. The spirit and fruit balance is superb. I think this is a...

Swan Valley

Muscat

Oh, yes, we're in a heady zone here with a wine that speaks of the Swan Valley. The colour immediately suggests some age, and then the aromas lift with typical dark chocolate, fruitcake, and rich butterscotch with a slightly violet crumble character. The palate is deeply layered and intense, with extraordinary complexity that builds on the Solera system of blending...

Swan Valley

Muscat

From one of the great names in Australian fortified wines. The base wine for this great liqueur muscat was picked in 1983 after which the best vintages were chosen to be regularly blended. It is a smooth and mellow wine with all the complex and intrigue of caramel, honey and chocolate swirling through the aromas and then into a multi-layered...

Swan Valley

Muscat

This luscious, fabulous muscat from the Swan Valley remains a work in progress, in that when the vintage is right it is blended back into the older wine that dates back over many years. This is as good a blend as I have tasted. Raisiny, caramel, dark toffee, spice and dark chocolate. The colour is even starting to develop a...

Swan Valley

Muscat

Rich and unctuous wine made from Swan Valley muscadelle. Aromas of toffee and caramel with a high spirity tone adding lift. The palate is rich with a typical muscat texture. Good palate length from a mid palate of complexity

Margaret River

Muscat

This has been a long-term project for Kevin McKay over many years. There's some nice older material in here that's been blended with newer vintages to create a beautiful example of the style. Complex already with raisins, liqueur cumquat and dark chocolate with a caramel richness. The spirit has been beautifully applied to create a fortified style of concentration with...

Swan Valley

Muscat

Glorious statement of this famous Swan valley style. Multi-layered complexity of toffee and luscious honey and raisins. There's stone fruit vanilla bean and licorice swirling through the thick unctuous palate. Has been freshened with some younger material to add some zip to the finish. Average age of the wine is 20 years with the base blend of vintages between 1974...

Margaret River

Muscat

A very good example of this style of wine displaying more of the bright primary fruit to lift the 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...