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| Variety | Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains |
| Alcohol | 18% |
| Cellaring | This wine has done all its ageing before being bottled and will not improve any further time in glass. 500ml numbered bottle.
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This Museum Release Muscat is a blend of many years with the base produce from the early 1920's. The colour is treacle like, with hints of olive and honecomb. The aroma is intense and lifted showing characters of dry, dusty raisins. On the palate the Muscat is unctuous and mouth filling, concentrated, rich and incredibly complex, with a hallmark clean, long, long finish. This wine is a small piece of Australian winemaking history, at least four generations have tended this wine and we hope many generations to come will take on this winekaming honour.
The numerous strains and clones of the Muscat family can render a discussion on them confusing, if not meaningless. However the locally named Brown Muscat is thought to be a strain of the quality variety Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains. The renowned Rutherglen strain produces fruit that is dark reddish brown in coulour and intensely flavoured.
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. All Saints Museum Muscat is a masterful blend of the richest and rarest 80 year-old stocks in Australia.
This remarkable wine really deserves to be sipped on its own, but works equally well with fruitcake, dried muscatels or nuts along with blue cheeses.
Jay Miller, The Wine Advocate, Issue #181, March 2009
All Saints Estate N.V. 1920 Museum Rutherglen Muscat, Rutherglen, (US$1400; 500ml), Fortified, Score: 99
"The solera for the remarkable 1920 Museum Rutherglen Muscat was begun in the 1930s. It has been aging in large oak ovals until recent racking to decanters for this release. Chocolate brown in color, it offers up an ethereal bouquet of figs, dates, raisins, English toffee, and more. Amazingly complex and powerful on the palate, at the same time it is vibrant and balanced. Words simply cannot do it justice. However, should you wish to taste it, be prepared to pay a pretty penny."
For further information on this extraordinary wine visit www.museummuscat.com