![]() Elegantly balanced in what has become the 1775 style, it incorporates 15 per cent Riesling for complexity and moves through dry honeyed nectarine fruit with notes of jasmine and sage.Ĭreated and nurtured in the Loire Valley of France in the 1850s Muscat Ottonel is a cross of the Swiss wine grape Chasselas and Muscat d’Eisenstadt (also known as Muscat de Saumur). Three distinctly different varieties of Muscat go into Bench 1775 Muscat (744201) $20.99 which is then fermented to fully dry. The aroma is typically ‘grapey’, with fabulously fruity flavours of pineapple, peach and even hints of mandarin orange. Despite the diversity in the Muscat family – Ottonel, Petit Grains, Alexandria, Giallo – one common trait that can be seen in most all Muscat members is the characteristic floral, ‘grapey’ aroma note that is caused by the high concentration of monoterpenes in these wine grapes.įrom Bordertown Vineyards in Osoyoos in the south Okanagan Valley Bordertown Muscat (991547) $20.95 comes from limited plantings on their family estate. Here in British Columbia a few winemakers have been exploring the possibilities of Muscat. Decidedly off-dry in style, pair this delicate white with cheesecake or crème caramel desserts. Grown in the hilltop town of Asti in Piedmont, Italy, Michele Chiarlo Nivole Moscato d’Asti (400382) $19.35/375ml is a half bottle of intense peach and apricot aromas and flavours in a gently sparkling white wine. Known as ‘Muscat à Petits Grains’ in France, Moscato is the Italian name. Slightly fizzy, fully fruited, it offers up fabulously floral peach and orange rind aromas and tiptoes through hints of lime and even mint before finishing back in the sweet peach flavour zone. More off-dry – just a little less sweet? – Jacob’s Creek Moscato (400267) $11.49 is perennial crowd pleasing white from Australia. The resulting wines are usually much lower in alcohol than we have come to expect. Trapping that seductively sweet grape flavoured fruitiness in the wine often means halting the fermentation before it would finish naturally. Apple pie and honeyed melon flavours fill its flavour spectrum. ![]() Aromas of fresh sliced apples lead into floral notes and hints of honey. These guys know what young wine lovers like!įrontera’s After Dark Moonlight White (248039) $9.99 is an off-dry white wine made from 85 per cent Moscato grapes, with a splash of other white grapes for balance. ![]() Their Frontera brand is hoping to crack the lucrative millennial market with the launch of a new ‘After Dark’ range, tailoring its labels to suit this demographic’s tastes. ![]() Everyday folks who just like a nice glass of white with a touch of sweet grapey fruit flavour might disagree.Ĭoncha Y Toro is a multilayered and many labelled Chilean wine conglomerate. Of course, in the sensitive world of fine wines, being sweet is often considered a fault, by the wine police – unless the wine in question is a deliberately very sweet dessert wine. But yeah, it’s a little on the sweeter side… Luscious peach and apricot aromas and flavours ride a bright base of citrus undernotes. It likely originated in Greece but maybe – just maybe? – it came from Muscat, the capital and largest city in the Governorate of Oman in the south-east corner of the Arabian Peninsula.Īfter being discovered and popularized by a generation of rap and hip-hop artists, today’s most commonly available Muscat (…or Moscato) wines are made in an off dry style, sometimes even sweet.įirst stop on the seriously-popular but much-maligned Moscato trail has to be Barefoot Moscato (434431) $9.99 from California’ E & J Gallo. The Muscat grape is the world’s oldest known grape variety.
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