| Availability | Available Now |
| Variety | Muscat |
| Alcohol | 18% |
| Cellaring | This wine has already done its aging. Best consumed within a year of purchase - 375ml bottle |
Muscat is one of the great treasures of the wine world and the young wines have a terrific vibrancy and aromatic lift. Predominantly from 3 to 5 year old stock, it has a healthy slug of 15 to 20 year old material for extra depth. Packed with lush raisined fruit flavours and intense aromas of rose petal and candied peel it is lovely with a variety of deserts and can even be served chilled.
Made from Muscat a Petits Grains, one of the oldest families of grape varieties. Various members of this family are grown across southern Europe and further beyond, often for the production of lush desert wines.
The fruit is allowed to become very ripe on the vine before harvest. It is picked and crushed, then macerated for 1 to 3 days. The must is pressed and the juice is fortified with spirit to 18%. The new wine is then run to barrel where it matures, sometimes for many years. The Rutherglen Muscat is a blend of wines of a variety of ages. The younger material provides freshness and aromatic lift, whereas the older parts of the blend give wonderful depth and complexity.
This younger style of muscat is far more food-friendly than the much older wines. Its freshness and lift make it a great match for all sorts of deserts. It can even be served chilled or (somewhat sacriligeous I know) drizzled over icecream!
December 2010
All Saints Rutherglen Muscat reviewed in Scottish Field Magazine UK
"All Saints Muscat NV, Rutherglen, Australia - This is one of the best modern sweet wines to have come out of Australia - quite a boast, but its hand-crafted quality shines through. It has everything you'd expect from sweet muscat; floral, peachy, aromatic fruit with a lovely intense perfume, and is backed up with beautifully balanced sweetness. It's a perfect match for this classic dish and matched very well with the sweet custard and dried fruits." David Robertson (Irvine Robertson Wines').
October 2010
2010 International Wine and Spirits Competition (IWSC) – London
Gold Medal for All Saints Rutherglen Muscat
"Judges Tasting Notes: Oaky Mahogany brown in colour. Thick and viscous in the glass. Huge aromas of Seville orange marmalade, spiced fruit buns, caramel, dried citrus fruits and sultanas. There are so many flavours here that it takes a while to sort through them in the mouth which is great, as it is very hard to spit this wine out. Incredible build, concentration and length, massive complexity, a beautiful experience and so unique."