2008 Harvest
Due to circumstances created by mother nature leading up to the 2008 grape harvest, we at the winery searched far and wide to find quality grapes to fill our barrels. One such find was Orange Muscat.
Tuesday September 16th the first batch of Orange Muscat arrived from the Karry/Mosby vineyard in Santa Ynez. We received 4.16 tons of this curiously delicious grape varietal. Upon sampling the fruit, I was immediately taken back by the layers of sweetness unleashing on my palate. Ryan Ralston the assistant winemaker noted that the “candy” had arrived.
The flavor profile of the grape ranges from grilled pineapple covered in brown sugar to sweet peaches. The pressed juice was similar to a sugar fortified sweet tea. The Orange Muscats destiny is still yet to be determined; it could become an off-dry wine for warm summer nights or it could undergo full fermentation in ordered to process out all of the residual sugars and become yet one more delicious dry white wine in the Santa Barbara Winery line-up.
To find out….Keep reading and drink up!
Cameron Bendetsen, Santa Barbara Winery
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