Friday, July 18, 2014

Muscat White Wine: Moscato (Italian), and Moscatel (Spanish), with Melon de Bourgogne grape unique





To many wine drinkers, Moscato means sweet white wine, and that it most often is. This white wine does have less sweet and even dry representatives, but I tend to think its new found popularity is for the sweet easy drinking white wines.
Without going into a lot of technical where, when, and how of the varietal (see Wikipedia) I'll list what I have found and reviewed in New Hampshire.



14 Hands Columbia Valley 2012 Moscato, $8.10-$9.00, 86 points
Barefoot Foot Moscato, $5.49-$7.49, 85 points
Bucket-List- NV California Moscato, $6.74-$7.49, 75 points
Castello Del Poggio Delle Venezie NV Moscato (IGT), $9.99-$11.99, 89 points
Castello Del Poggio Delle Venezie NV Moscato (IGT), $11.69-$12.99, 88 points
Chambers Rosewood Rutherglen Muscat (Australia), $16.49 (375 ml), 87 points, is a 'sticky'
Dolev Non-Vintage Moscato (Israel), $8.99-$10.99, 87 points
Domaine De La Fruitière 2016 Muscadet Sevre-et-Maine Sur Lie, Loire, France, $12.59-$13.99, 85 points
Domaine Pierre-Luc Bouchard 2017 Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine Sur Lie, Loire, France, $12.99-$14.99, 87 points
Donnafugata "Lighea" IGT 2013 Zibibbo (Moscato d'Alessandria), $20.66-$22.95, 87 points
Emeri De Bortoli Australian Sparkling Pink Moscato, $9.99, 89 points
Jacobs Creek 2010 Moscato, $6.99-$8.99, 87 points
Jacob's Creek Sparkling Moscato Rosé, $11.99-$14.99, 88 points
Januik Champoux Vineyard 2014 Muscat Canelli, $6.79-$19.99, 87 points
Jorge Ordoñez And Co. "Botani" 2013 Sparkling Muscat (Moscatel, Sierras de Malaga, Spain), $14.99-$17.99, 89 points
Jorge Ordonez And Co. "Bontani" Old Vines 2015 Muscate (Sierras de Malaga, Spain), $14.99-$17.99, 89 points
Jorge Ordonez And Co. No 2 Victoria 2012 Moscatel (Malaga, Spain), $19.99-$45.99 (375ml), 90 points
Kenwood 2011 Moscato Zacchera (Splash), $6.88-$14.99, 86+ points
Kuleto 2013 dry Moscato, $30, (91 points)
Marchesi Di Barolo Zagara 2014 Moscato D'Asti (DOCG), $9.49-$17.99, 89 points

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