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Show Liqueur Muscat

Region
Riverina, NSW

Appearance
Nut brown with a slight green hue.

Bouquet
Intense aromas of raisin, fig and spice with underlying floral notes.

Palate
A rich and luscious palate exploding with rich Muscat flavours of raisins, figs, dates, toffee and caramel. Sweetness balanced with some vanillin oak notes make for a lovely lingering finish.

Winemaking
Fruit is left on the vines to become very ripe before harvesting at 16-18 baume. Once harvested the fruit is crushed, partially fermented then fortified on skins to further extract the floral and aromatic flavours from the fruit. The wine is pressed off skins and then transferred to barrels for maturation.

Wine Analysis
Alc/Vol: 18.0 % pH: 3.85 TA: 6.6 g/L

Cellaring
This Muscat has been aged in barrel and is designed to enjoy as soon as opened. It will also keep for several more years in bottle.

Suggested Cuisine
Chocolate and dark fruit based desserts, or enjoy a glass after a meal with a platter of cheeses, dried fruit and nuts.

General Characteristics
Sweet Medium Bodied

UK
Aromas of coffee, raisin, caramel and spice with a concentrated palate of toffee apple. It's lusciously sweet with a balance of acidity, which makes it great to serve with the Christmas pudding.

, Woman's Weekly , December 2011

USA
85 Points
"Deep brown in color with a slight green tinge to the rim, the NV Show Liqueur Muscat gives moderate to intense aromas of mashed raisins, prunes, fruit cake, roasted hazelnuts and a whiff of coffee. Incredibly sweet (228 grams per liter of residual sugar) and rich, it is well balanced with very crisp acid and finishes long, but is a little simple."

Lisa Perotti-Brown, eRobertParker, May 2011

"More cooked fruit; golden and burnt toffee. A slight oiliness to the aroma. Terrific sweetness on the palate, doesn't have that lusciousness or varietal flavour but beautiful toffee, mocha, caramel and syrup flavours."

Rob Geddes, Drinks Trade, September 2010

More cooked fruit; golden and burnt toffee with a slight oiliness to the aroma. Terrific sweetness on the palate with beautiful toffee, mocha, caramel and syrup flavours

Rob Geddes, Drinks Trade Online, July 2010

Plent of rancio and drying elements on the nose together with varietal perfume. Well balanced, although dry on finish

Fortifieds, Winewise, June 2010

"Puds as intense as the mont blancs need an equally sweet, punchy wine and Australia's luscious, caramel and raisin-licked De Bortoli Reserve Show Liqueur Muscat is one that can cope."

Jane MacQuitty, The Times, April 2010