Ceccherini Cristiano

9.6

Labeled Old vines Muscat and it is part of the Classic bracket(6 to 10 of age wines used here) of fortified for the area
More powerful than the All Saints one I tried which was rare.
Chambers cellar door is an experience you shouldn't miss out on
They had probably 30/40 wines to taste
Bill Chambers 84yo there pretending he wouldn't know much and at the back empty bottles of La Tache, Yquem, Latour and Maurice O'Shea.
Amazing weekend in Rutherglen ✌️ — 8 years ago

Ceccherini Cristiano

9.0

Luxury stuff!!
You can see it was a green bottle from the neck. Still amazed by the freshness of these wines, but at least I don't get taken by surprise anymore 😂. — 9 years ago

Lee Sammels

9.4

Delicious taste of raisin and spice. — 9 years ago

David Burkitt

9.5

Obviously not a Muscat- rather the legendary 1937 Caldwells 'Claret' purchased from an auction in the Barossa about 20 years ago - this half bottle having come from the Yalumba museum. A very big and intense wine that clearly deserved its reputation for being among the greats of Australian wine history. Also tasted from a full bottle in 1988 which was remarkable. — 10 years ago

"Odedi"

10

Oh my god! What a wonderful dessert wine.

Burnt orange color with a copper hue and a pale yellow/orange rim. Color in the bottle is more brown than orange.

Immensely strong nose of curry, indian spices (as if you walked into an Indian restaurant), cinnamon, coffee, brandy, orange peel, tumurac, raisins, figs and dates.

Extremely smooth and soft on the palate, with figs, raisins, dates, coffee, sweet candy, citrus and sweet cherries.

Sweet, Full bodied, bold and buttery with great legs. It actually tastes like a liquor would, without the alcohol burn.

Long finish with a trace of brandy.

17% alcohol.

The high acidity makes this sweet dessert wine, very balanced and non cloying.

Poured from a 375ml bottle.

This is a non vintage bottle, but I held it for 8 years in my cellar, and boy does it show... — 10 years ago

Celia Develey

10

Sweet wine from Australia. Surprisingly amazing! Deep Amber, smell of wood and "rhum raisin" Christmas cake like. Prune, mushroom, long finish, great with blue cheese. Somewhere in between a sauterne and a tawny port (if it's possible) — 10 years ago

Courtney Cochran

Sommelier/Host hiptastes.com

10

Caramel-marzipan-orange-cookie love. Lemon dust and graham goodness, sassafras cola cool, toffee crunch and date, honeycomb and brown sugar-apricot. Rich, full bodied but somehow light on its feet. YES — 11 years ago

Carl Trevenar

8.9

Old tawny style port from rutherglen. Purchased back in the 80s and kept with some vintage which will be cracked soon. A bit light on but 30 years of mistreatment its held up well — 11 years ago

Ingar Kirkland

9.5

A bright colourful soft red with sensual overtones of spices and alluring berries. A very pleasing wine. — 11 years ago

Max Hollander-Eberly

9.2

Hello old friend. Smooth and violety with bright red and black fruit! Red licorice, pepper, star anise, all spice. All in all, fucking delicious. A beautiful cool climate Shiraz, not too jammy. I haven't had this in a long time, and it's very welcome in these trying times — 8 years ago

Lee Sammels

9.1

Complex rich with taste of dark cherries — 9 years ago

Lee Sammels

9.2

Complex layers of deliciousness — 9 years ago

Geoff Halprin

10

The cork was in excellent condition as was the wine. Opened over the course of drinking. (Had to slow down to appreciate it.) — 10 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.6

Having had the "Classic Reserve" Topaque a few weeks ago, the "Rare" is a step up in concentration and length. Unctuous in texture the palate is mouthfilling with a never ending finish. Rutherglen Fortifieds - one of Australia's gifts to the Wine World along with aged Hunter Valley Semillon. — 10 years ago

Andrew Whittle

Co-Owner/Director Summit Estate Wines

9.4

2003 vintage - a huge wine - well integrated fruit & oak - good legs with years ahead of it — 10 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.1

Fortified wines from Rutherglen are some of Australia's gifts to the Wine World. This is an affordable Tokay from one of the best houses in Morris. Raisins and burnt toffee. Great for Christmas. 17+. — 11 years ago

Carl Trevenar

9.0

Amazing this and it's older brother survived years of abuse... Beautiful drop — 11 years ago

Michelle Bestwick

9.0

2004 Durif - beautiful! — 11 years ago

Kelvin Davies

9.2

One of the best Shiraz I've had. — 11 years ago

Eric Hwang

9.5

Kind of like a PX but with better acidity. — 12 years ago

Jason Li

8.9

Intense aromas of dried fruit, prune and spices.
Not very complex, high viscosity. have an impression of walking in a Indian spice market.

After a night, opened up with tuned down sweetness and much more intense aftertaste of popcorn and BBQ — 8 years ago

Lee Sammels

9.4

Love this wine. Rich complex berry flavour — 9 years ago

Lee Sammels

8.9

Creamy soft oak tannins — 9 years ago

Eric Egan

9.0

The spitting image of a Barsac (thinking a light Coutet) but slightly more flabby and with less focused fruit and acidity. Very good though! — 10 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.7

Amazing concentration - unctuous is the word! A little sweeter than the Rare Topaque but the same essence of fruit cake and raisins. Only 350 half bottles of Rare made each year. A stunning fortified!! — 10 years ago

Andy Black

9.0

Excellent. Very strong but goes well with a variety of puddings. — 10 years ago

Peter Scudamore-Smith MW

9.0

A great drink; mature white from Rutherglen winemaker Cofield; 13.8%, the aged character of marsanne + bitter sweet tannins of viognier give this unwooded drop an unctuous feeling in the mouth; wine style no longer made; shows the unpopularity of these warm region white Rhone blends in the sauvignon age; excellent. — 11 years ago

Carl Trevenar

9.0

Amazing this and it's older brother survived years of abuse... Beautiful drop — 11 years ago

Sylvia Abagi

10

1973 Morris's Vintage Port!

Made from Shiraz grapes in 35 gallon oak casks until bottled on the 26th of November 1973. Further improvement with ageing! — 11 years ago

Paul Kaan

Winemaker/Blogger FilthyGoodVino.com

9.6

Rutherglen Muscat is truly unique wine to Australia & one of the world's great wines! Went down a treat with plum pudding & brandy custard ;-) — 12 years ago