By way of background, opening thoughts: Spring
in the northeast United States is a wonderful time to begin considering
the lightly chilled, generally lightly sweet wines from the muscat
grape, often called moscato. Widely available in Italy (as moscato),
the grape is finding a friendly home in California as well. This week
we have been sampling and reviewing a number of wines from Quady Winery in
Madera, California, which specializes in the production of
lightly-sweet to dessert-style wines. Review samples were provided by
Quady. The Elysium wine is made in a sweeter, dessert style from black muscat grapes. Original tasting and review : This is Quady Elysium Black Muscat Dessert Wine, California, 2010, finished at 15.% alcohol.
In the glass: Light ruby red.
On the nose: Poured cool and swirled vigorously, shows a bright, red, invigorating and intoxicating sweet mineral oil element, with candy apple notes abounding. From the aroma, seems like this will be brilliantly fragrant, sweet and compelling.
On the palate: The primary elements on the palate are in fact bold red currants with rose petal sweetness surrounding the palate. Soft and yet bold on the palate. Potent alcohol carries the rose petals along for a lengthy finish, which does bring some sticky sweetness at the close.
In summary: Overall, rates four stars on the five-star Spirit of Wine scale, thanks to its very compelling aromas and sweet balance. At its price, approaches best value status.
(c) Copyright 2011 Spirit of Wine, all rights reserved. If you are a winery, distributor or marketing agent and you would like to see your (or your client's) wine featured at Spirit of Wine, here are two options: 1) Wait, pray and hope - we may find you someday; 2) Submit a wine for review. No charge. Particulars are here. If you are reading this full posting on any site other than Spirit of Wine, chances are it is a copyright violation.
Check out today's pricing and retail availability for Elysium Black Muscat Dessert Wine.
No comments:
Post a Comment