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• Bluth Likes this wine: 89 points

  April 26, 2014 - crispy & lovely, excellent at its cost

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• wondersofwine wrote: 88 points

  June 2, 2013 - 4.5% abv. Screwcap. Pretty label with a painted angel. Some question about how closely Orange Muscat is related to other Muscat grapes. The variety probably originated in France or Italy but is now grown mostly in Australia and California. The color of this wine in the glass is more gold than white or straw. Orange, tangerine and apricot figure into the scents and flavors with a suggestion of musk. Quite sweet but not terribly cloying. Can be pleasing in small portions but not a wine to drink by the large glassful. For those of you not familiar with Quady, this company specializes in dessert and aperitif wines including Essencia and Electra made from Orange Muscat grape and Elysium and Red Electra from the Black Muscat grape variety and Starboard, a port-type wine (get it--port and starboard.) With the Electra, fermentation is stopped when the grape juice is about halfway between grape juice and wine to make a light, crisp wine where in the Essencia, the wine is lightly fortified and the alcohol by volume is about 15%. A suggested cocktail using Electra from the winery website: Martini Becomes Electra--combine 2 oz. Absolut Vodka, .75 oz. Grand Marnier, .75 oz. Quady Electra and two orange wheels, shaken and strained. (I haven't tried it but it sounds intriguing.)

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2011
• Type White - Sweet/Dessert
• Producer Quady Winery
• Varietal Orange Muscat
• Designation Electra
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation California
• UPC Codes 013022000125, 013022000132

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• In Cellars 13 (30%)
• Consumed 30 (70%)

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