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Wine Details
Price:
$22.00 per bottle
Description:
Newsom Vineyard. Texas High Plains appellation. This is an Alsatian-styled Orange Muscat, which means it is dry (no sugar). It delivers clean tropical flavors of papaya, apricot and citrus. It is absolutely delicious with duck, roast pork and sausages, cheddar cheeses, middle-eastern and Thai foods, and most cream-sauced foods. Currently we are the only winery in Texas that we are aware of that is making a DRY Orange Muscat. Based on the response to it, we'll continue to do it. It is a wonderful food wine and delivers lots of entertainment value in the intensity and complexity of the flavors. It was taken by the Texas Department of Agriculture to a wine tasting in Manhattan where they invited wine and food writers (Food & Wine, Gourmet, Conde Nast, etc.) to blind taste Texas wines against world-class ringers - in this case a Bott Freres Grand Cru Muscat - and won!!
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Varietal Definition
Muscat:
Muscat, thought to be one of the oldest grape varieties, is grown worldwide. It is vinified in a multitude of styles, from still to sparkling, and dry to sweet to fortified. Also called Moscato, Moscatel and Muskateller, it is a sweetly aromatic, fruity grape that has many genetic variations and colors. It probably originated in Greece but maybe the independent sultanate of Muscat in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula had something to do with it. Over 200 different varieties and derivatives to the Muscat family exist today. Muscat Canelli, Orange Muscat and Black Muscat are varieties most planted in California, which makes primarily still wine. More unusual is Muscat fermented to total dryness, which leaves greater alcohol levels and no residual sugar. Some Muscats are aged in oak to provide additional complexity.Today’s recommended Muscats represent many of these styles, so use the tasting notes and percent of residual sugar - listed if provided by the winery - to find a wine you’ll enjoy. The more sugar and the lower the alcohol, the sweeter the wine, though wines above 10 percent alcohol can also be somewhat sweet.
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