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Quady NV Batch 88 Starboard Red (California)
- Editors' Choice
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- $24
Made from traditional Portuguese varieties, this is one of the best California Port-style wines out there, which is no surprise coming as it does from sweet wine specialist Quady. It’s tremendously rich and sweet in chocolate truffle and blackberry-infused flavors, with near-perfect acidity and tannins for balance. A great success at a good price for a full, not a…
— S.H.
(4/1/2010)
Quady 2010 Essensia Orange Muscat (California)
- $21
Absolutely delicious, an addictive dessert wine. Brisk in acidity and clean in the mouth, it offers fabulously sweet flavors of oranges, vanilla, honey and buttered toast. Drink it with cheesecake and go to heaven.
— S.H.
(5/1/2012)
Quady 2010 Elysium Black Muscat (California)
- $21
With nearly 20% residual sugar, this wine is enormously sweet in honey and black cherry flavors, balanced by brilliant acidity. It’s delicious and savory and so easy to like. For something unusual, try with a runny cheese, like a soft Gorgonzola.
— S.H.
(5/1/2012)
Quady 2007 Essensia Orange Muscat (California)
- Editors' Choice
- Online Exclusive
- $17
Very sweet, this dessert wine has potent flavors of tangerines, apricots, honey, butterscotch and vanilla. Crisp acidity provides clean balance. Delicious and heady.
— S.H.
(12/1/2009)
Quady 2009 Essensia Orange Muscat (California)
- Online Exclusive
- $25
On sweetness alone, this dessert wine earns a good score. The orange fruit flavors, which are so pure and pinpointed, are exorbitantly rich in wild honey and vanilla cream. The alcohol level is high, but there’s a beautiful streak of vibrant acidity that provides balance. Easy to drink over repeated glasses.
— S.H.
(4/1/2011)
Quady 2009 Elysium Black Muscat (California)
- Online Exclusive
- $25
A beautiful dessert wine that should influence consumers to rediscover the category. Almost as dark as a red wine, it’s soft in texture and extraordinarily sweet, with intense essence of tangerine and raspberry flavors. Hard to exaggerate the deliciousness factor. Good value in a full 750-milliliter bottle.
— S.H.
(4/1/2011)
Quady 2007 Elysium Black Muscat (California)
- $17
Dark red in color and crisp in citrusy acidity, this dessert wine has very sweet flavors of black cherry marmalade, Dr. Pepper cola, milk chocolate, tangerine and savory spices. You can drink it at room temperature or with a chill.
— S.H.
(12/1/2009)
Quady 2001 Elysium Black Muscat (California)
- Best Buy
- $10
“Elysium” in Greek mythology is the afterlife of perfect bliss, and it’s not hard to imagine this as its house pour. It is sweet—but not shockingly so—with blackberry, orange, vanilla and chocolate flavors, and a richly smooth mouthfeel. If you’re treating yourself to something chocolaty, especially if it has oranges or strawberries, this will be a seductive companion.
— S.H.
(11/15/2003)
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