WTN: Tement Gelber Muskateller 2002

[Carema]

God bless Styria! Even though it was only about 20 degrees F in Chicago today it seemed very warm for some reason, hot even. So I bought this white home tonight to have with a meager meal of rice turkey and peas mixed together.

What a delight! Fresh and happy with tons of keffir lime , lovely chalky mineral, & hints of pithy unripe orange peel- zippy acid. It leaves your mouth wanting for more. It makes me think that tomorrow in the sky the heavens will be opened up, Ewan will get an A on his spelling test and all those people who insist on drinking Cabernet Sauvignon with Thai food will wake up and think "Muskateller, that's a fine idea." A girl can always dream anyway. And sometimes dreams come true.

$17.95/ bottle

[John W.]

Hmmmmm...Sounds kind of good.

Edited January 9, 2004 by John W. (log)

[Scott]

God bless Styria! Even though it was only about 20 degrees F in Chicago today it seemed very warm for some reason, hot even. So I bought this white home tonight to have with a meager meal of rice turkey and peas mixed together.

What a delight! Fresh and happy with tons of keffir lime , lovely chalky mineral, & hints of pithy unripe orange peel- zippy acid. It leaves your mouth wanting for more. It makes me think that tomorrow in the sky the heavens will be opened up, Ewan will get an A on his spelling test and all those people who insist on drinking Cabernet Sauvignon with Thai food will wake up and think "Muskateller, that's a fine idea." A girl can always dream anyway. And sometimes dreams come true.

$17.95/ bottle

good lord, how do we get some of that!!!

[Rieslingfan]

While not Styrian, Brudelmayer (from the Kamptal in Austria) makes some very nice Muskateller as well. I've been working through a case of the 2000 for the last couple of years and it's holding up nicely. Not surprisingly I have used it as an accompaniment to Thai food. It's a great match.

A little further afield, Muller-Catoir (Pfalz, Germany) makes fine Muskateller. Even now after the regime change the Muskateller is still very good.

[Echezeaux]

Gross is one of the more highly regarded Muskateller guys in the Steiermark. Theirs is, perhaps, a tad finer than the Tement (who's the meister of Sauvignon Blanc).

Another lovely dry Muscat can be had from the Bolognani winery in Lavis (Trento/Italia). And in the Val d'Aosta, the winery called La Crotta di Vegneron makes a delicious Chambave Muscat...

And, yes...pity those poor souls who drink Cabernet, Merlot and/or Chardonnay with virtually everything.