2010 Domaine de Durban Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 90 points

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  4/12/2017 - SanderB wrote: 91 Points

  Ever slight syrupy consistency. Green apple nose. Apricot, wildflower honey and stewed pair in the glass. Long bittersweet herbal finish. Delicious and easy drinking.

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  12/26/2016 - camben Likes this wine:

  Like a fresh apple pastry.
  Honeyed, almond, pear blossoms
  Not heavy
  More fresh
  Great with potato chips and cambozola,

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  10/20/2016 - redz wrote: 90 Points

  lovely pear, apricot nose and palate. A bit of cedar mid palate, then nice long honey aftertaste. Might try decanting

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  1/22/2015 - DSR wrote: 85 Points

  My first taste of Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise. Lemon peel and tons of honey on the nose/palate, highly aromatic. Sweetness not quite balanced by acidity, and alcohol quite noticeable - almost Sherry-like notes on the back-end, short finish. Compared to Sauternes, quite a bit more alcoholic - would not be my first choice for a dessert wine.

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  8/24/2014 - f22nickell wrote: 90 Points

  I do not have any experience with Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise, and my primary points of reference for a wine such as this are Sauternes and the sweet white wines of the Loire. This wine was sweeter than most of the former and all of the latter (at least in my experience). Moreover, it does not bear much of a resemblance to the Aussie (and other) Muscats I have had, which have tended to be darker and richer. Okay, enough of what it isn't.
  
  Orange peel, apricot, “sprite” lemon-lime!, nice clove touch; dark honey? Nice mth feel, a bit of alc. in the back for sure. Definitely notice the fortified aspect. Interesting, but not sure its my cup of tea. Will reevaluate after a couple more days.

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