Another recent trip to the north of England saw us return to London with a bottle of 1934 Massandra Gurzuf Rose Muscat.
A winery at Massandra, near Yalta on the Black Sea coast of Crimea (which, as everybody knows, is Ukraine, not Russia), has existed since the mid-19th century.
It was built to supply wines for the Tsar’s Summer Palace at Livadia, also near Yalta, and catered for every conceivable vinous need of the Tsar: wines for Church Communion, for the Court, for social functions, and for the Tsar’s own personal consumption.
Gurzuf is a small town just east of Yalta. One of the Massandra wineries was established here in 1921.
According to its (Cyrillic) label, the 1934 Muscat was “Additionally aged 66 years”, so released for sale in 2000.
The stated alcohol level is 11.6% and the sugar content is “24.0”, or 24%. A trip to a dentist might be needed after tasting or drinking this special wine.
Arden Fine Wines will be offering this bottle for sale to raise funds for Ukraine.
More news of this to follow ASAP!
[…] Massandra Gurzuf Rose Muscat 1934 came to Arden Fine Wines from an auction in Lancashire. […]