NV Chambers Grand Muscadelle 375ml

99 POINTS

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

This offering is awesome. The wine is sweet, but its extraordinary concentration of flavor, explosive aromatic fireworks, and singular characteristics makes it nearly impossible to describe accurately. Aromas of caramel, toffee, fig, molasses, maple syrup, and oranges macerated in cognac emerge. These change quickly in the glass, providing an orgasmic smorgasbord of flavors. The wine is almost unbelievable in its richness and aromatic complexity. Life's too short not to drink at least a few glasses of this wine. Importer: Rob McDonald, Old Bridge Cellars, Napa, CA; tel. (707) 258-9552

98 POINTS

James Halliday - Halliday's Wine Companion

It's the end of a day's tasting and there's no way I'm going to spit out wines of this world class - indeed world beating - quality. Malt, mocha, wild honey, caramel and every exotic spice you can think of - all these and more flavours blaze the mouth until you have swallowed it, when the aftertaste is wondrously fresh. 375ml.

98 POINTS

James Halliday - Halliday's Wine Companion

Dark olive-brown; clings to the glass; burnt butterscotch, spices of every kind, cold tea, old cedar desk aromas, the list goes on. Amazing balance. It makes you wonder why muscat gets all the attention.

97 POINTS

Ned Goodwin MW James Suckling

A deep tawny-molasses hue. Old wines clearly involved in the meld. Scents of sticky date pudding, Indian spice rack, mahogany, walnut husk and ginger crystal. Delving deep, muscadelle's fermented lime chutney DNA is loud and clear. An impenetrably dense wine. A chiaroscuro of dark and light, as a lilt of volatility imparts length and levity to the dense, saturated palate. Screw cap. Drink or hold. Indefinitely.

97 POINTS

Huon Hooke - The Real Review

Very deep, dark glass-staining tawny with a green-yellow rim, indicating great age. It’s very oily in the glass, revealing its concentration.The bouquet is very old, showing oxidative nuances plus smoky, burnt-wood overtones and the wine is intense and very sweet in the mouth, oily and yet lively with good acidity keeping it alive. A very rich, unctuous wine of considerable age.

97 POINTS

Christina Pickard - Wine Enthusiast

Although significantly cheaper than this historic producer's Rare Muscadelle, the Grand proves equally delicious with excellent length and freshness. Walnut-hued with a pale rim, it's rich and heady, billowing raisin, fig, coffee and chocolate-covered nuts dusted in cinnamon. Secondary notes of smoke and dusty library book add another layer of complexity. In the mouth it's intensely sweet and unctuous, but there's also a lovely tang of acidity, depth of flavor and a seemingly endless finish. An indulgent “sticky” alone or with a multitude of chocolate, nut or toffee-based desserts.

96 POINTS

James Suckling

Spice and cardamon with hints of tobacco. This wine is driven by oxidative barrel aging instead of fresher fruit. Very long finish. Compelling stuff.