Winemaker Notes
The Muscat Canelli reveals enticing aromas of Jasmine blossoms and Mandarin zest intermingled with flavors of white peach and bursts of guava. Refreshing and semisweet, this wine is a favorite complement to desserts, or try it as an aperitif. Eberle’s Muscat Canelli has low residual sugar with balanced acid making it a semi-sweet wine that is refreshing and crisp. Because of its light and refreshing style, the Muscat Canelli is a perfect food partner: as an aperitif with appetizers, a counter point to spicy foods or the just-right accent for desserts. Try it with spicy Thai cuisine, goat cheese on crostini starters or a variety of delicious desserts like crème brulee, or honey glazed Panna Cotta with fresh berries.
Professional Ratings
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2019 Ebele Muscat Canelli shows that this grape variety can flourish in California's Central Coast as it does in Piedmont, Italy. TASTING NOTES: This wine is aromatic, delightful, and sweet. Enjoy its easy-drinking qualities with slightly spicy sliced pork noodles. (Tasted: May 1, 2020, San Francisco, CA)
While Muscat comes in a wide range of styles from dry to sweet, still to sparkling and even fortified, it's safe to say it is always alluringly aromatic and delightful. The two most important versions are the noble, Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains, making wines of considerable quality and Muscat of Alexandria, thought to be a progeny of the former. Somm Secret—Pliny the Elder wrote in the 13th century of a sweet, perfumed grape variety so attractive to bees that he referred to it as uva apiana, or “grape of the bees.” Most likely, he was describing Muscat.
Paso Robles has made a name for itself as a source of supple, powerful, fruit-driven Central Coast wines. But with eleven smaller sub-AVAs, there is actually quite a bit of diversity to be found in this inland portion of California’s Central Coast.
Just east over the Santa Lucia Mountains from the chilly Pacific Ocean, lie the coolest in the region: Adelaida, Templeton Gap and (Paso Robles) Willow Creek Districts, as well as York Mountain AVA and Santa Margarita Ranch. These all experience more ocean fog, wind and precipitation compared to the rest of the Paso sub-appellations. The San Miguel, (Paso Robles) Estrella, (Paso Robles) Geneso, (Paso Robles) Highlands, El Pomar and Creston Districts, along with San Juan Creek, are the hotter, more western appellations of the greater Paso Robles AVA.
This is mostly red wine country, with Cabernet Sauvignon and Zinfandel standing out as the star performers. Other popular varieties include Merlot, Petite Sirah, Petit Verdot, Syrah, Grenache and Rhône blends, both red and white. There is a fairly uniform tendency here towards wines that are unapologetically bold and opulently fruit-driven, albeit with a surprising amount of acidity thanks to the region’s chilly nighttime temperatures.