2024

RUTHERGLEN MUSCAT

Non Vintage

Score  92

“Amber in appearance, the nose gives aromas of orange confit, Earl Grey tea and mushroom consommé. The palate is medium-bodied with notes of apple pie, sandalwood and molasses. Classic and delicious. Drink or hold. Screw cap” JAMES SUCKLING - October 17 2024.

OLD VINE (CLASSIC) MUSCAT

Non Vintage

Score 93
”Deep amber in appearance. The nose gives aromas of candied burnt oranges, molasses and sultana raisins. The palate is fresh with a medium body, showing notes of baking spices, toffee and spiced baked apples. Delicious and fresh. Drink or hold”. JAMES SUCKLING - October 17 2024

OLD VINE (CLASSIC) MUSCADELLE

Non Vintage

Score 96

Seriously complex and inviting, with sweet aromas of orange cake, dried fruit, treacle tart and spiced poached apples. The palate is full-bodied and generous, with notes of caramelized pear tarte tatin, vanillin, tea leaves, mocha and dates. Intensely focused and generous. Exceptional. Drink or hold. Screw cap. James Suckling - September 29, 2024

2023

RUTHERGLEN MUSCAT

Non Vintage

Score 92

‘The opening act to an imperious suite of fortifieds. A range that serves an apogee of lustrous depth, alluring complexity and thrilling length across the board. This, a little lighter. Younger. Easier going. Yet this fails to communicate just how gorgeous the wine is. Aromas of date, ginger, rosewater, grape spice, cardamon and mulled quince. The freshness is sprightly, negating any sense of cloying sweetness while promoting a long, lingering finish. I'd slurp this with a chill. Drink or hold indefinitely.’ JAMES SUCKLING Ned Goodwin MW 2023

OLD VINE (CLASSIC) MUSCAT

Non Vintage

Score 95

“While this is the youngest average age across the melody of deep soleras, it remains a formidable wine all the same. Albeit, refreshing because of its youth. Rum and raisin ice cream, sticky date and brulee. No rancio at this stage, but drink this chilled and swoon. An introduction to some of the most profound wines in the world, here at this address. Drinkable now and into the distant future, a few lives away. Screw cap.” JAMES SUCKLING Ned Goodwin MW 2023

GRAND MUSCAT

Non Vintage

Score 97

“Picked late and muted with spirit early, this maker is among the top three leading lights in Rutherglen and with that, among the greatest producers of complex, unforgettable fortified wines in the world. Riveting aromas of mulled date, molasses, clove, star anise and hoisin, placated with the warming hearth of roasted chestnuts and a suggestion, rather than a tilt, of rancio blue cheese. Brilliant gear, ready to drink into eternity. It will never die. Screw cap.” JAMES SUCKLING Ned Goodwin MW 2023

OLD VINE (CLASSIC) MUSCADELLE

Non Vintage

Score 97

“Riveting aromas of Earl Grey tea, spiced date, mocha and cardamon pod, with subtle lilt of rancio. To speak in greater depth would take me well beyond this space. Put it this way, this is among the worlds very greatest fortified expressions. Nary a degree of excessive sweetness, clad to gently unctuous, mid weighted bones. The finish, palpably dry, such is the presence and savoury aura. These wines don’t die. I almost prefer this to the Grand muscadelle, despite the younger wines involved. Drink or hold….forever. Screw Cap.” James Suckling - Ned Goodwin MW August 9, 2023

GRAND MUSCADELLE

Non Vintage

Score 97

#24 in the TOP 100 Australian Wines

”A deep tawny-molasses hue. Old wines clearly involved in the meld. Scents of sticky date pudding, Indian spice rack, mahogany, walnut husk and ginger crystal. Delving deep, muscadelle's fermented lime chutney DNA is loud and clear. An impenetrably dense wine. A chiaroscuro of dark and light, as a lilt of volatility imparts length and levity to the dense, saturated palate. Screw cap. Drink or hold. Indefinitely.” JAMES SUCKLING Ned Goodwin MW