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Ch45 Fortified Muscats

Terms in this set (6)

Areas of Production
- Worldwide
Characteristics of Muscat
- low - medium acid, perfumed aromas of orange blossom, rose, grape
- thrives in warm-hot climates, benefits from cooling influences that help raise acidity
Youthful, Unaged Muscats
- medium gold in colour, floral, aromatic
- sweet but​ rarely luscious
- grapes picked ripe and healthy
- crushed, sometime a short pre-fermentation soak as the skins add aromatic intensity
- sometimes skins included in the fermentation for further aromatic intensity
- fortification with 96% grape spirit to stop the fermentation
- inert vessels used to preserve the primary fruit character
Notable example of the youthful style
Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise from the Southern Rhône
Fully Developed, Aged Muscats
- amber to brown in colour
- sweet to luscious
- producer may raisin the grapes slightly
- fermentation on skins
- fermentation to 2% abv
- oxidative aging in old wood for up to decades
- generally blended with younger muscat before bottling
Notable example of the fully developed aged style
Rutherglen in Australia
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