Alicante sweet white wines… (1/2)

Alicante sweet white wines…

In Alicante we can found some interesting sweet white wines… mainly elaborated using ";moscatel de Alejandría";, a grape from the family of muscats. These nice sweet wines, with a quite interesting backbone of acidity and the opulent nose of Spanish Muscat are a very interesting option to try….

Two examples:
https://www.verema.com/en/tastingnotes/wine.asp?wine=18117
https://www.verema.com/en/tastingnotes/wine.asp?wine=18029

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jose
en respuesta a Paco Higón 07/06/07 16:16

I don’t use to drink many sweet wines.

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Of course I do like them, but it is not the sweet flavour of anything something that thrills me. I don’t use to drink more than a glass of any sweet wine (I drink more in common still wines ;).
Anyway the Moscatel of E. Mendoza is one I do really like. Really fresh, vivid, flowery and no trace of cloying (Disclaimer: More than 3 years since the last time I drank it).

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Jose

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rikiwigley
en respuesta a jose 07/06/07 18:39

Re: I don’t use to drink many sweet wines.

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I too have tasted this wine, in November and liked it very nuch.

However I have been exploring some of our local Moscatels and very much like the wine from Bodega Comeche in Villar del Arzobispo...actually I like a few of their wines and have a small barrel of the Rancio reserva in my bodega!

I find their Moscatel Licor at 14% to be similarly fresh and fruity, honeyed but not cloying and excellent with summer fruit.

We also find more than a glass is too much which is why we still have several bottles of moscatel from different parts hanging around..unopened. I like the option of buying by the ’bag in box’ for this wine as it stays fresh in the fridge for quite a while.

Saludos

Riki

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Paco Higón
en respuesta a jose 08/06/07 11:52

Re: I don’t use to drink many sweet wines.

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In my case a glass of sweet/fortified wine alter dinner is a must. Just a bit… but enough to accompany the chat in the armchair….. Just a good habit ;-)

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Paco Higón
en respuesta a rikiwigley 08/06/07 11:57

Re: I don’t use to drink many sweet wines.

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In fact, the average level of moscatel (Godelleta, Cheste,…..an so on) is quite good… Cirstal•li and Moscatel de la Marina are –IMMO- slightly better. At home, a ¾ bottle of sweet and fortified lasts about one week and a half.… so I have a good level of consumption of this kind wines…

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suiko
en respuesta a Paco Higón 08/06/07 12:25

Re: I don’t use to drink many sweet wines.

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Surely a good judge of how good these are is whether you want a second glass? I find that if the wine is good, I do. And if you don’t, best not to bother with it. A bottle of Jarel never lasts long in my fridge.