This particular bottle was obtained while trying to find a good deal on the St. Supery Sauvignon Blanc. I thought it would make a nice dessert wine, but later found it served much better as an aperitif. You may decide differently.
At any rate, this was quite a nice sweet white. St. Supery claims it is made from 100% Muscat Canelli (Bianco) grapes. The wine has a lovely color, something between a moon and a pale orange. The nose is of course very sweet and fruity, with lychee being the main note, followed by honey and light notes of pineapple and strawberry and a whiff of acidic citrus.
The body is extremely well balanced. Straight out of the bottle there is a nice amount of acid to offset the sweetness from the residual sugar. Once again, lychee is the prevalent flavor. The residual sugar tastes like honey, and the acid wraps the body up in lemon. A few seconds of aeration will drop the acid off and leave a sweeter, but still not cloying body.
I can't quite explain why, but this wine just seemed to serve better before a meal than after. St. Supery distributes all their wines with synthetic corks, so it is questionable whether or not a few years of bottle aging would affect the wine at all to make it a better dessert wine. For an aperitif, it is lovely. This particular bottle was on clearance at Lakeridge Liquors in St. Paul, MN for USD 13.99.
Website (2006, no listing for 2005): http://www.stsupery.com/wines/stsupery/moscato.html
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