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Red Muscadel 2019, Rustenberg

£11.75 per bottle

About this wine

Rustenberg Red Muscadel is an award winning fortified dessert wine which has upfront scents of Turkish delight, musk, spice and ripe red fruits which follow through to a lush, opulent palate balancing the wine’s fruit, sweetness and acidity.

The Rustenberg Red Muscadel is a relatively new wine in the Rustenberg portfolio and one which is a passion project for Cellarmaster, Murray Barlow. The wine is made by fortifying grape juice in order to produce a dessert-style wine. Grapes are harvested at high sugar levels, pressed and the juice fortified with neutral grape spirit. This addition preserves the natural flavours of the juice while ensuring that no fermentation can take place in the wine, and also preserving the natural sugar from the grape juice, created a rich, sweet, stable dessert wine.

Muscadel is one of the hidden treasures of the wine world, with these sweet dessert wines delighting palates for centuries. Muscadel is one of the oldest grape varieties in South Africa, and is a variety that is capable of being made into delicious wine, as well as being served in its whole fruit state as table grapes. Sadly these wines dropped in popularity for many years, but there is a current resurgence of them.

Food pairing: Enjoy this wine on its own, over ice or in cocktails as a companion to sweet desserts and cheeses.

Ageing potential: Excellent maturation potential under ideal cellaring conditions

Alcohol: 16% ABV

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Producer Rustenberg
Category South Africa
Region Western Cape
Colour Dessert
Grape Muscat Rouge à Petits Grains
Bottle Size Half Bottle

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