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WTN: R.L.Buller Fine Muscat N.V.

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This is a world class dessert wine for $11/375ml. Wow! It is dark amber, fortified and produced with a solera method. It is caramelized apples and prunes with enough alcohol to give it some stiff backbone. This is a great dessert wine not needing any qualifiers, but at its price it is a steal. 2,000 cases made annually, it is from Victoria in Australia.

They also make Tawny, Fine Tawny, Fine Tokay, Tokay Calliope and Muscat Calliope. Has anyone tried any of these?

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I've had the Fine Muscat, Fine Tokay, and Tawny. The Tokay also is a super value. (I have a slight preference for the Muscat, but nothing approaching major significance.) The Tawny was very good, on a par with similarly priced Australian ports. I don't have more specific tasting notes -- sorry.

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