Stanton and Killeen Rare Rutherglen Muscat 18% 37.5cl Half Bottle

Description

Stanton and Killeen Rare Rutherglen Muscat is one of the most sought-after Rutherglen muscats. It contains some very old wines and is made in only very small quantities.

Stanton and Killeen is a family-owned wine company located in the Rutherglen wine-growing region of Australia. They are famous for their red and Port-style wines but are arguably most famous for the superb dessert wines they produce from Muscat and Topaque. Topaque is the new-ish name for the Muscadelle, which was previously known locally as Tokay! Now in their seventh generation, the company can trace its origins back to 1855 when Timothy Stanton arrived in Australia from England in search of gold.

Stanton and Killeen are part of the Rutherglen Network, a group of 8 Rutherglen winemakers (along with All Saints, Bullers, Campbells, Chambers, Morris, Pfeiffer and Rutherglen Estates) who market and manage the promotion of (and ensure quality is maintained) the famous fortified wines of the region.

Stanton and Killeen have around 86 acres of vineyards the oldest of which were planted in 1921. The muscat grapes for the Stanton and Killeen Rare Rutherglen Muscat are crushed and fermented on the skins for only one day. Fermentation is then stopped using high, strong, neutral grape spirit. Parcels of fortified wine are then aged in oak barrels. For the Rare Muscat, only the best vintages are then carefully aged in a Stanton and Killeen’s modified solera system to further enhance these parcels which are then blended to create this complete and exquisite wine. A very rare wine. This wine is truly spectacular, expressing generations of flavour with the oldest material coming from fourth-generation Jack Stanton in the 1960s.