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Entry No. 029 Napa & Lake County Night Bloom 2025 Muscat Canelli | |||||||||||||
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A Note from the Scribe Bobby P. once said this was “a wine that does better than just about anybody in California.” Here’s a hint: he wasn’t talking about Earl Stevens aka E-40, who makes an off-dry Moscato. Moscato doesn’t exactly get the star treatment around here. Mostly relegated to the bottom shelf at CVS. Often sweet. Not great, to say the least. So when I told Bobby M. to grab samples of this, he looked at me a little sideways. I assured him it would be worth trying. The samples came, and oh man, it was everything I remembered. Bobby agreed. Everyone who tried it agreed. We had a winner, at a great price. I know, you’re still probably thinking “but, but…Moscato”, but think of this like Viognier is to a great Condrieu. It showed me the possibility of a variety tuned to the highest potential. EXPLOSIVE aromatics. Stone fruit GALORE. Somehow incredibly ripe and forward but bracingly dry and sophisticated. Truly dry. As in a bone in the desert. This however is Muscat Canelli. In Italian it’s called Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains, which per The Oxford Companion to Wine is “the oldest and noblest variety of Muscat with the greatest concentration of fine grape flavor, hinting at orange flowers and spice.” It’s highly perfumed with loads of star jasmine, lychee, and sweet stone fruits. Bright and refreshing, it serves up preserved peaches, poached pear, magnolia, and honey crumble in the mouth. Medium-bodied and lively, with a slight mineral note and fruitcake spices carrying in a focused and clean-cut mouthfeel. It somehow carries generous richness, power, and finesse all together. This was memorable for me when I first tried it a few years ago and this vintage shows the same evocative style. It is, without a doubt THE summer sipper of 2026. A 100% certified banger. It’s crazy good, but we got a lot less than most recent releases. Grab it while you can! — MikeThe Scribe | |||||||||||||
Comparable at the winery $35 $25 | |||||||||||||
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