Fait Accompli Rare Muscat

COLOUR | Deep mahogany with some amber, tawny hues.

AROMA | Tight lively dried fruit notes, plum pudding and spice. Fresh floral and fruit shortbread mixed with fresh rancio characters and soft dusty oak.

PALATE | Mouthfuls of fresh dried fruit; soft yet has an incredible mouth-coating viscosity. Deep rich caramel and rancio characters run through the palate complementing the layers of sweetness, acid and fine tannins. Finally, the high quality spirit is balanced and provides wonderful and reassuring warmth.

WINEMAKING | Every year the fruit from the Brown and White Muscat (frontignac) blocks is left to hang through the course of the growing season to slowly allow the flavours to concentrate and sugar to rise. When the fruit is picked the sugar level is roughly 30-32 baume with wonderful rich flavours. The fruit is processed and fortified with high quality neutral spirit and then matured in old oak. Over time as the ‘angels’ share’ is taken from the barrels, the flavours and sugar concentrate over time even further.

MATURATION | Prior to bottling, the parcels that give an average age of over 40 years are carefully blended resulting in a wine of great complexity and length. The material used to blend the Rare Fait Accompli is exquisite and unique due to its age. After patiently waiting, for over 40 years in many cases, the richness and complexity is second to none.

CLOSURE | Diam Cork
VOLUME | 500ml
VARIETAL | Muscat
REGION | Barossa Valley
ALCOHOL (% vol) | 17%