Quady Electra Moscato

Wine Enthusiast Best Buy of 2024 (#94)

Soft bubbles float over flavors of sweet citrus, peach and melon. A bouquet of wildflowers refreshes the senses. Electra is a Moscato d’Asti style picnic wine for drinking outside, in warm weather, chilled or on the rocks.

Pair it with fresh fruit, salads, spicy Asian and Indian foods, burgers with sweet sauce, light desserts, blue skies and fresh air. And with only 4.5% alcohol, you can still play volleyball after the picnic.

Electra makes sublime sangria and sorbet. To make sorbet: pour into covered container, freeze overnight, spoon into chilled glassware.

Compared to other moscatos, Electra is more aromatic, crisp and refreshing. Whereas most moscatos are made from Muscat of Alexandria, Electra is over 75% Orange Muscat and the balance is Muscat Canelli. These varieties are more difficult to grow and have smaller yields, but their aromas and flavors are more refined.

To make Electra, free run juice is fermented for more than a month at low temperature after which it is chilled, sterile filtered, and bottled. This process preserves its delicate flavors and slight fizz.

AWARDS
Best of the Year, 2014 - Wine Enthusiast
Top 100 Best Wines of 2014 - Wine Enthusiast
Dbl Gold, 2018 - SF Chronicle Wine Competition
93pts, 2018 - Ultimate Wine Challenge
93pts - Tastings.com 2013/2014
More Than 75 Other Awards & Medals

Wine Enthusiast: 90
This wine is fresh, lively and supple. Aromas suggest canned peach and pear, candied apple and orange blossom water. Other notes waft through, including crystalized ginger, white tea, lemon honey, dried fennel and maple syrup. Layers of rock and minerality throughout the palate help create a balanced, long and dry finish. Great alternative to dessert wine with lower ABV. Try it as an apertif with soda water over ice.

Wine Enthusiast: 90

This wine is fresh, lively and supple. Aromas suggest canned peach and pear, candied apple and orange blossom water. Other notes waft through, including crystalized ginger, white tea, lemon honey, dried fennel and maple syrup. Layers of rock and minerality throughout the palate help create a balanced, long and dry finish. Great alternative to dessert wine with lower ABV. Try it as an apertif with soda water over ice.