Morris remains in the ‘sweet and rich’ camp of Rutherglen. In the glass, the wine has a deep brown core with an amber rim. The nose opens with a rich, yet fresh bouquet of rose petals, preserved fruit and nuts. Luscious flavours of sweet spices and dried fruit fill the mouth with a long finish. With an average age of around eight years, the Classic Muscat has freshness and varietal character balanced by subtle age complexity from time in barrel.
Morris of Rutherglen have 80 hectares of easterly facing vineyards which are planted on red loam over red/yellow poldzotic clay soils. The red loam helps produce wines with greater flavour and richness. The vineyards gently slope, with the earlier budburst varieties being planted on the higher slopes, and the later budburst varieties on the lower slopes around 175 metres above sea level. The vines are grown on a single wire trellis 900mm high and are hand-pruned using the rod and spur method, relying only on natural rainfall. This produces lower-cropping vines that offer fruit of high sugar levels and concentrated flavours. The grapes were selected for hand harvesting between 15 to16 baume. Once in the winery, the grapes were crushed and allowed to start fermentation. Once the desired baume level is reached, pressing takes place, and a high strength neutral spirit is added to stop fermentation, before being transferred into casks for maturation. At blending, a selection of wines from different vintages are chosen, each contributing special characteristics to make a wine with complexity; age, youthfulness, freshness of flavour and consistency of style.
Australia (Victoria)
Muscat Blanc
500ml
17.5%abv
Morris remains in the ‘sweet and rich’ camp of Rutherglen. In the glass, the wine has a deep brown core with an amber rim. The nose opens with a rich, yet fresh bouquet of rose petals, preserved fruit and nuts. Luscious flavours of sweet spices and dried fruit fill the mouth with a long finish. With an average age of around eight years, the Classic Muscat has freshness and varietal character balanced by subtle age complexity from time in barrel.
Morris of Rutherglen have 80 hectares of easterly facing vineyards which are planted on red loam over red/yellow poldzotic clay soils. The red loam helps produce wines with greater flavour and richness. The vineyards gently slope, with the earlier budburst varieties being planted on the higher slopes, and the later budburst varieties on the lower slopes around 175 metres above sea level. The vines are grown on a single wire trellis 900mm high and are hand-pruned using the rod and spur method, relying only on natural rainfall. This produces lower-cropping vines that offer fruit of high sugar levels and concentrated flavours. The grapes were selected for hand harvesting between 15 to16 baume. Once in the winery, the grapes were crushed and allowed to start fermentation. Once the desired baume level is reached, pressing takes place, and a high strength neutral spirit is added to stop fermentation, before being transferred into casks for maturation. At blending, a selection of wines from different vintages are chosen, each contributing special characteristics to make a wine with complexity; age, youthfulness, freshness of flavour and consistency of style.
Australia (Victoria)
Muscat Blanc
500ml
17.5%abv
