Tasting - Chambers Muscat

Name: Chambers Muscat
Variety: Muscat
Region: Rutherglen
Country: Australia
Year: ??
Price: $17.95

The Vintage Cellar's Review: "This Muscat is even better than the Muscadelle (Tokay), offering a rose/amber color followed by notes of black tea. This sexy effort is the equivalent of liquid Viagra. This singular treasure from Australia should not be missed!" (95 points, Robert Parker)

My Review: This fortified wine smelled like perfume. Hints of cinnamon and vanilla extract gave this wine a warm and sweet but slightly spicy scent. One specific aroma that stood out to me was that of raw honey or a beehive (not exactly honey in a jar).  Overall a very sensual nose.

The flavor was just as complex.  This Muscat was extremely sweet and syrupy, like a watered down honey stick.  I detected flavors such as honeysuckle and vanilla over the mid-palate, that finished with an essence of chamomile tea.

Thick legs of this wine indicated a high sugar content even before smelling or tasting the wine.  The texture of this wine was very smooth and velvety, finishing with a bite from the high alcohol content (18.5%).

This wine was too sweet and heavy for my taste, even to drink on its own. It also has that super sweet, creamy paired with burning alcohol which I really don't like.

I tasted this wine without food.