Always a crowd pleaser, especially in our Tamar Valley cellar door. Our range includes two moscatos, sourced from different grapes to create two distinct drops. Fortunately we have a successor for Bella No. The fruit is picked and pressed in Nyah, Victoria with the juice held for six hours prior to pressing to extract colour and flavour. The juice then makes its way to Tasmania to be bottled and finished with a light carbonation. End your dinner party with chilled moscato and juicy, sweet strawberries and raspberries or make a delicious dessert with Moscato Jelly.
Try it for yourself today. Since , they have followed their dream of crafting delicious expressions of cool-climate Tasmanian wines. Bec is the winemaker and Tim is viticulturist. What is Moscato Wine? DOCG certifies that the wine comes from a delineated place, is made using a specific method and uses traditional grapes.
Its signature, however, is in its aromatics. It may come as a surprise that such a lighthearted wine hails from the same region famous for Nebbiolo , a grape elevated to its highest expression in savory, tannic, ageworthy Barolo and Barbaresco.
In fact, Moscato Bianco is the No. Thank You! We've received your email address, and soon you will start getting exclusive offers and news from Wine Enthusiast. The appellation of Asti pumps out large volumes of aromatic bubbles, some labeled as Asti Spumante. Depending on the producer, the other perceptible difference is quality. In , Nielsen reported a percent jump in sales for sparkling Moscato in the U. But booms often go bust. Many producers copied the Italian sparklers with cheap, derivative wines from high-yield vines.
Fortunately, Moscato is firmly established in the canon of grapes. Working with the grape as Muscat Canelli, she ferments it to nearly dry, resulting in an abv of around 13 percent. Her daughter, Remi Barrett, says that the Moscato craze helped raise awareness, but it came with a cost. Happily, once they do, they almost always love it.
Once considered a cheaper alternative, is today the perfect match for wine lovers looking for lighter-bodied, sweeter wines with a slight fizz and delicate floral notes. The Moscato grape is one of our most ancient grape varieties. Today, there are dozens of different varieties of Moscato wines and grapes. That said, Moscato wines tend to feature a light fizz and a delicate sweetness. The natural sweetness of the grape combined with a wine production that includes stopping the fermentation process early, gives us wines with a significant content of residual sugar.
Therefore, Moscato wines are very popular as dessert wines. Moscato wines pair amazingly with food, tend to have a low alcohol content, a light palate and come at a reasonable price. You can also distinguish Moscato wines by their aroma — floral, spice, and honey. The grapes range in color from green to dark red, and many Moscatos are various blends of different Moscato grapes.
The oldest and most popular grape of the Moscato family is Moscato Bianco. This grape is, however, one of dozens of Moscato varieties. Where its grown, too, affects the taste. My favorite Moscato wine comes from Montepulciano.
Here, winemakers age red Moscato wines in the same style as the Montepulciano grape in Abruzzo. These wines boast a deeper color, medium to full body, and notes of fruit, chocolate and vanilla. This queen of Muscat is a semi-sparkling white wine with an earthy aroma. Another Moscato wine that stands out is Moscato Rosa. Perhaps the sweetest one of them all, it is a very light wine with a strong flowery aroma and raspberry and strawberry notes.
Its characteristics vary from region to region, but it tends to be a still or lightly-sparkling sweeter wine with low alcohol content. There are many theories about where the Moscato grape originates. According to some sources, the Muscat grapes date as far back as the Persians and ancient Egyptians! Other scientists think differently, however. The father of ampelography Pierre Galet believed that the Muscat varieties family was cultivated during classic antiquity.
The first official mentioning of the Muscat grape was in the Latin works of the English scholar Bartholomeus Anglicus, somewhere in the s. Curiously, this book describes the Muscat wine as wine extract from muscat raisins.
In other words, a popular production method for late harvest dessert wine. The stories about where Muscat got its name are as numerous as the theories behind its origins. Today, the Italian version of the word — mosca fly — is associated with the fruit flies that circle the grape. Some go even further, associating Muscat grape with the city of Muscat on the Gulf of Oman or with the Greek city of Moschato, southwest of Athens.
Muscat of Alexandria is a white wine grape, just as Muscat Blanc. As you may guess from its name, Alexandria, the Ancient Egyptians were the first to grow this wine. As legend has it, even Cleopatra drank Muscat wine made from this grape! The last time Muscat of Alexandria was modified seems to have been in BC. This makes it one of our most ancient grapes, even in Moscato terms. The grape grows best in very warm climates, and is now grown only where its very hot.
Both names refer to the orange blossom of the vines rather than the color of the grapes. The American vineyards growing Orange Muscat cultivate older vines imported from France. Orange Muscat comes from a successful crossing of Muscat Blanc and Chasselas. While it can be made into a sweet wine, Orange Muscat can also be a dry table wine. However, regardless of the sweetness level, this wine has a strong aroma of — you guessed it — oranges. The two grapes are not the same, however, although the characteristics are very similar.
It works best for very sweet passito dessert wines, that you can read more about in our guide to Italian dessert wines. Muscat Hamburg, also known as Black Muscat, is the darkest grape in the Moscato family. Typically a lighter table wine, Californian and French wineries also use the grape to make an aromatic dessert wine.
The grape grows easily in most climates and you can find it across the globe. Interestingly, Muscat Hamburg was crossed with Raboso Piave about a hundred years ago, creating the rare Moscato variety Manzoni Moscato. Muscat Ottonel is the palest grape variety of the Moscato family. It differs significantly from other Moscato grapes in taste and residual sugar as it is the earliest to ripen.
Wines made from Muscat Ottonel are more flavorsome and feature a well-balanced sweetness.
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