Muscat in J

I was way out in thinking, from the thread title, that this thread was about getting to Muscat, Oman in business class. :shock:

 

My thoughts exactly JohnK - and my second thought was "now how can I squeeze that into a DONE4".... this website has had an adverse affect on my life

 

Hi,

From my experience it'll be the Morris old premium muscat... see this link for a pic... Morris Old Premium Muscat 500ml
THere is also a great tokay version ( i think they're both brilliant!) which is often served in first (QF), they cost the same so i'm not sure why one in J and and the other in F.

Is that the one?

jakob.

 

I have been offered the Tokay in J - not a fan personally.

 

Hmm, I thought instantly of an alcoholic drink. Seems consistent with these forums as well

 

I am confident it would have been the Morris, and it is always good, as stated by NM above (Rutherglen is a great region for fortifieds). Taylors are not well known as muscat producers. The Taylors mention would have been a riesling, they often have a Taylors riesling in J (also very good, Clare is a great region for riesling).

 

In J the Muscat is Seppelt DP63 Rutherglen Muscat available along with some excellent Sherry's in the range for a song (Dan Murphy's seem to have them all). I beleive this wine, made from decades old base material sells for around $20 which is laughable.

In terms of quality vs price these should sell fro hundreds of dollars, but fortunately Australian fortifieds remain beneath the radar - but dont hang about Robert Parker and other International critics have recently discovered them and are trumpeting their praises.

The beauty of Ruethrglen fortifieds is that there are all sorts of 'house' styles all of which are worthy and interesting. The Morris style is the richer more moutfilling, whereas others are nutty and spirity.

 

On occasion Taylor's St Andrews Cab or Shiraz in J international, Taylo's Cab (with some age) in J dom and Taylors Promised Land in 187ml Economy Cab/Merlot or Cab/Shiraz, all sound wines, the promised land even took out a trophy in Decanter World Wine Awards last year (terrific value).

Definitely no Taylors Muscat.

 

Actually this was replaced in J with Seppelt DP 63. Wine writer Tim White wrote an article where he reckons drinking this was one of his finest airline drinking experiences. I agree. Terrific with some blue cheese and walnut and prune log.

 

Here you are both are listed in the qantas international wine guide.

http://www.qantas.com.au/infodetail/flying/inTheAir/wineGuide/inflightWineGuide.pdf