midweekwines.co.uk 13th Mar 2019
"Dessert wines can be
one dimensional unless they include mitigating acidity. Happily, this
Australian example does so yet still offers a density reminiscent perhaps of PX
sherry.
Enjoy, though, the deep, dark (yet perfumed) richness of [this wine] reflected
nicely in its very sweet date and fig flavours and the suggestions of mocha and
honey that accompany them. - Brian Elliott"
The Evening Standard 24th Dec 2018
"This is Christmas in
a glass – full of sweet spice, raisin, fruit, coffee and nut flavours, all
wrapped up in brown sugar. What’s not to like?"
IWSC 19th Dec 2018
"Christmas pud? Mince
pies? Look no further than this glorious Muscat made from an average of
12-year-old wines, with delicious lightness aromatically, with leafy notes but
fabulous full richness (over 270g/l of residual sugar) on the palate. Viscous
and filled with sweet, dark and chocolaty flavours with that raisin
lusciousness and good supporting acidity, this will take all sweet things
Christmassy in its stride. - Tom Cannavan"
Decanter 28th Jun 2017
"Decanter Gold 2017:
Complex nose of roasted coffee, hazelnut, candied peel and macerated cherries.
The sweetness is very prominent but in attractive balance with the appealing
savoury-sweet caramel flavours."
Scottish Field 5th Apr 2017
"'Unique' is a word
that's overused in the drinks industry, but there's no other wine like
Rutherglen Muscat. The grapes are left on the vine to shrivel up, concentrating
the remaining sugars. A very short fermentation leaves tons of sweetness,
before the wines are left in oak barrels to mature in the Australian heat. The
result is an ideal match for a sticky toffee pudding, with rich syrupy treacle,
cinder toffee and caramel flavours. - Peter Ranscombe"
Scottish Field 7th Nov 2016
"No one does
'stickies' like the Australians. This fortified wine is chock full of treacle,
coffee and dried fruit flavours, making it an ideal match for either Christmas
pudding or Christmas cake if you're looking for sweetness with the volume
turned up. - Peter Ranscombe"
Kent & Sussex Courier 26th Mar 2015
"A magnificently
complex dessert fortified wine… liquid fruitcake… There is a cornucopia of
aromas and flavours here, including liqueured raisings, melted toffee and
tinges of honeysuckle, dried fruit cake, marmalade and treacle. The strata of
flavours are myriad, truly something that all winelovers should experience at
least once in their lives, with distinctive rancio and cut to the protracted
finish. Very sweet, crisp, rich and viscous, it's a spectacular sticky delight
and one of Australia's wine treasures. Scrumptious served lightly chilled with
Roquefort, rich chocolate tarts and dark and milk chocolate, half a bottle of
this ingenious and super-concentrated wine really goes a long way. - James Viner"
Wine-pages.com 4th Dec 2014
"This is a glorious
Muscat made from an average of 12-year-old wines, with delicious lift and
lightness aromatically, quite different from their neighbours, Campbells, with
its leafier notes, but fabulous full richness (over 270g/l of residual sugar).
Viscous and filled with sweet, dark and chocolaty flavours with that raisin
lusciousness and good supporting acidity, this will take Christmas pud in its
stride. 93/100 - Tom Cannavan"