Tree Fruit, Floral, and Concentrated / Preserved Fruit, Toasted and Sweet Spice
BODY: Full
DRYNESS: Very Sweet
ACIDITY: Medium +
TANNIN: Medium -
ALCOHOL (%): High (More than 14%)
Origin: Povardarie, N. Macedonia
Grape Varietals:
Muscat Ottonel
Winemaking:
Conventional Winemaking
Fortification
Maturation:
Awards:
WESTERN FOOD PAIRING
Chocolate Cake, Bread Pudding, Creme Brulee
ASIAN FOOD PAIRING
Kueh Lapis, Laddoo
Sweet (fortified) wine produced from Muscat Ottonel variety
Grape Varietals & Region: 100% Muscat Ottonel, from Povardarie, North Macedonia.
Taste Profile: Golden-amber colour and aromas of elderflower syrup, dark honey, caramel, quince and vanilla and cinammon hints. Full-bodied luscious wine with dried apricots, quince and toffeed sweet edge accompanied by good acidity.
To be paired with apple pie, rice pudding with cinnamon, panna cotta, creme brulee and caramel based desserts.
Winemaking Process: Late harvested grapes are gentle pressed & fortified to arrest fermentation
Many of these wines often have been touched by botrytis, and have a beautiful balance between fruit & acidity. Despite being lush, they often have some brightness or mineraility to them, and are not as thick textured as some other dessert styles. Classic notes would be honey, botrytis, apricot, peach and other stonefruit, marmalade, spice
Fortified wines are wines which have alcohol added to them, usually in the form of a neutral grape spirit like brandy. This was originally done to extend the longevity of wines, for the purpose of long journeys such as a the sailing routes of the East India Company
These styles are often sweeter as the fortification arrests fermentation early.
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