|
Welcome to our online wine store. Ordering our award winning wines via our secure online transaction facility is the quickest and easiest method of purchasing directly from our winery. Don't forget to log in if you are a Pfeiffer Wine Club Member to ensure you receive your 10% discount.
We still highly value all wine orders received by telephone, mail, fax or email, so if you would prefer to continue placing your orders this way, then we are very happy for you to continue doing so. Simply download the Current Order Form and return it to us.
Pfeiffer Rare Rutherglen Topaque
|
This wine displays extraordinary qualities that result from blending selected parcels of only the very richest and most complete wines in our cellar. 500ML |
Description
| Availability |
Limited to ONE bottle per customer
|
| Grapes |
Muscadelle
|
| Vintage |
NV - Average Age 25 years old
|
| Seal |
Screw Cap
|
| Reviews |
James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2019
96/100 "It has a great deal to say and it says it with great erudition. Fruit bread, toasted, slathered with fresh honey; glace cherries, studded through tea leaves and cinnamon tea cake; leather wood and raisins. Fresh. Stunning."
James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2018
97/100
James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2017
97/100
James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2016
97/100
James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2015
97/100
James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2014
97/100
Joe Roberts, Rare By Nurture (The Inside View Of Rutherglen Rare Topaque And Muscat), www.1winedude.com, 2nd August 2012
“In Rare terms, Pfeiffer’s offering is svelte and elegant, emphasizing the nutty, spicy and even dried herbal notes rather than the sticky-sweet citric fruits and fig. But there’s enough rum-like action to let you know you’re still in Rare-ville, here.”
James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2013
97/100
James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2012
96/100
James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2010
97/100
|
| Awards |
TROPHY: Best Fortified Wine - Riverland Wine Show 2016
TROPHY: Champion Fortified Wine Of Show - Australian Small Winemakers Show 2014
TROPHY: The Best Wine in Show - Riverland Wine Show 2011
TROPHY: Best Fortified White Wine - Riverland Wine Show 2011
TOP GOLD: Riverland Wine Show 2016
TOP GOLD: Riverina Wine Show 2016
TOP GOLD: Cowra Wine Show 2016
TOP GOLD: Australian Small Winemakers Show 2014
TOP GOLD: Riverland Wine Show 2012
TOP GOLD: Riverland Wine Show 2011
GOLD: Royal Hobart Wine Show 2018
GOLD: Riverina Wine Show 2018
GOLD: Cowra Wine Show 2018
GOLD: Riverina Wine Show 2017
GOLD: Victorian Wines Show 2017
GOLD: Victorian Wines Show 2016
GOLD: Riverland Wine Show 2015
GOLD: Riverina Wine Show 2015
GOLD: Australian Small Winemakers Show 2015
GOLD: Riverland Wine Show 2014
GOLD: Australian Small Winemakers Show 2014
GOLD: Australian Small Winemakers Show 2009
SILVER: Victorian Wines Show 2018
SILVER: Victorian Wines Show 2014
SILVER: Le Concours des Vins du Victoria 2014
SILVER: Riverland Wine Show 2013
SILVER: Victorian Wines Show 2012
SILVER: Victorian Wines Show 2011
BRONZE: Riverland Wine Show 2017
BRONZE: Victorian Wines Show 2015
BRONZE: Riverina Wine Show 2010
BRONZE: Riverland Wine Show 2010
|
| Winemakers Comments |
Muscadelle grapes are always harvested at the end of the season, ensuring high sugar levels for the production of Topaque wines. The grapes are crushed into static fermenters, to undergo a cold soak for up to 3 days. Fermentation is commenced on skins (only about 1%v/v) before the grapes are pressed into stainless steel tanks and fortified using a neutral grape spirit, leaving a sweet wine of around 17.5% v/v.
After fortification, the Topaque wines are clarified, then transferred into barrels and casks of different volumes for several years (anything between three and thirty). Most batches are kept separate, however some batches are blended for the maturation process. It is this maturation process that concentrates the wines and produces the rich, complex flavours. Our Pfeiffer Rare Rutherglen Topaque is blended from our very best parcels, made only in the very best vintages, which are then matured in the best possible barrels. This creates a superb wine of outstanding quality, with great depth and persistence of flavour.
The Pfeiffer Rare Rutherglen Topaque is a remarkable dark brown, black colour with olive green hues. The nose is enticing, with strong coffee and chocolate characters, and excellent freshness. The palate is rich, luscious and complex, with lots of chocolate and malt flavours. It is a refined and stylish wine. Superb!
|
| Partners |
Bonnat - Chuao Dark Chocolate
|
| Cellar |
Ready for immediate consumption.
|
| Allergens |
Preservative (220) Added.
|
| Technical Details |
Res Sugar 255.6 g/L
pH 4.08
TA 6.00 g/L
Alcohol 17.5% v/v |
|
Shop