Name: Chambers Rosewood Rutherglen Muscat
Brand: Chambers Rosewood
SKU: CR701HNV
Price: 15.80 GBP
Availability: InStock

Chambers Rosewood Rutherglen Muscat

A rich Red Fortified wine, unctuous with rose petals and dried fruit, perfect with cheese or desserts

Australia

Red,Sweet

Muscat à Petits Grains Rouge

£15.80

Taxes included.

Chambers Rosewood Rutherglen Muscat from Rutherglen, Australia, is a delightful Red Fortified wine, known for its sweet profile. Crafted primarily from Muscat à Petits Grains Rouge and Muscat à Petits Grains Blanc, its fermentation is carefully halted by adding neutral grape spirit, followed by ageing in old oak casks, some dating back a century. This process yields a rich, unctuous palate with a zesty, balanced finish, revealing enticing notes of rose petals, raisins, and dried fruit. It pairs superbly with cheese or a wide variety of desserts, and is also vegan and vegetarian friendly. A truly outstanding sweet wine.

37.5CL , 17.5% ABV

Harvest of the grapes for this wine commences once the fruit reaches a ripeness of 16 baumé. At this stage the grapes will have some variation throughout the bunches, with some being plump, while others showing signs of grape shrivel. Once a parcel of grape is harvested, it is destemmed and the must placed into a closed stainless steel fermentation tank. The amount of fermentation is dependent upon the final baumé level of the parcel, and it occurs around 24 hours after harvest and a soak on skins. Once fermentation has commenced and the sugar level has fallen to between 14 and 15 baumé the grapes are pressed with the fermenting juice and fortified with neutral grape wine spirit (95.8 to 96.2%). The resultant wine is then settled in stainless steel tanks and then racked into old oak casks, which range in size between 220 to 5500 litres. The wines are kept as single vintage and vineyard parcels until blending.

This Rutherglen Muscat offers a rich and unctuous palate, beautifully balanced by a zesty finish. It presents an aromatic bouquet of rose petals, raisins, and dried fruits, which carry through to the taste, creating a complex and delightful sweet wine experience.