GENERAL INFORMATION
Estate / Producer / Brand: Chambers Rosewood Vineyards
Region: Rutherglen, Victoria, Australia
Appellation: Rutherglen Muscat
Type: Fortified Red wine
Vintage: Non Vintage
Date of Tasting: November 2022 – Bottle
Type of viticulture: Conventional viticulture
Grapes used: 100 % ‘Muscat à Petits Grains Rouges’
Blend: N/A
Winemaking details: Not communicated
Aging: Not communicated
Sugar level: high
Sulphites: contains sulphites
APPEARANCE
- Colour = Brown
- Intensity = Medium
NOSE
- Intensity = Pronounced
- Aromas Characteristics = Primary + Secondary + Tertiary
- Aromas = plum, caramel, chocolate, coffee, raisin, fig, cooked fruit
PALATE
- Sweetness = Sweet (Intense)
- Acidity = Medium
- Tannins = N/A
- Alcohol = Medium for a fortified (18.5°)
- Body = Full
- Flavour Intensity = Pronounced
- Flavour Characteristics = Primary + Secondary + Tertiary
- Flavour details = plum, caramel, chocolate, coffee, raisin, fig, cooked fruit, honey
- Other = Intense sugary taste
- Finish = Long
GENERAL ASSESSMENT (1)
- Overall Quality = Very Good
- Bottle Aging =
- Can be kept at around 8°C for up to 5-7 years
- Will not really develop further complexity through aging
- Retail Price = 20 euros for a 37.5cl individual bottle (France retail price, incl. taxes)
- Value for Money = good quality offered for the price
- Comparison with same price competition = good compared to average
- Suitability for Diabetics = Not suitable
- Service Temperature = around 8°C
- Suggested Food & Wine Pairing = cakes and cream
- Comments = typical of a Rutherglen Muscat
- Final Grade = B+
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(1)GENERAL ASSESSMENT GUIDE
Please note that although all efforts have been made to be as objective as possible, the general assessment inherently involves a degree of subjectivity based on a personal evaluation of the wine.
- Overall Quality scale
- Poor < Acceptable < Good < Very Good < Outstanding
- Bottle Aging
- Will it beneficiate from additional aging?
- Retail Price
- Usually the retail price for one bottle including taxes
- Value for Money
- Quality offered compared to the price paid
- Comparison with same price competition
- where does it stand compared to average competition of the same price range
- Suitability for Diabetics
- Evaluation of the level of final sugar for early stages diabetics
- Comments
- Any additional elements worth noting
- Final Grade Scale
- A++ = Out of the Charts Wine (Stellar, Hors Classe, Fuori Classe)
- A+ = Outstanding Wine
- A = Great Wine
- A- = Very Very Good
- B+ = Very Good
- B = Good
- B- = Noteworthy
- C+ = Acceptable
- C = Poor
- F = The worst grade of this scale
