Ultimate Beverage Challenge 91 points - 2018 Ultimate Wine Challenge - Powerful and luxurious nose of heather honey, candied orange peel, sticky mango, elderflower, and caramel apple. Sweet and unctuous, with traces of bergamot, apricot, and pineapple adding lift. Decadent and everlasting fruit drive the finish..June/2018Essensia is a full-bodied sweet wine made with Orange Muscat Grapes. The experience of Essensia is unmistakable: a rich gold in the glass is accompanied by spicy orange-apricot-pear flavors and aromas, blanced with perfect fruit acidity to finish clean, tempting you for one more sip. In 1980, Andrew Quady’s discovery of underused Orange Muscat grapes in Reedley, California, led him to make a wine that celebrated the intense aromas and spicy fruit flavors of the grapes. ”Essensia” refers to the idea that the wine contains the very essence of the grape. In Italy the variety is known as Moscato Fior d’Arancio: Orange Blossom Muscat.
