Red Dessert Wine ? Muscata ?

[STARR]

In February I had the perfect dessert wine (for my sweet tooth) at the Hyatt's Compass Restaurant in Phoenix (great place!).

I had a wine from the dessert wine list. It was red and was named something along the lines of Muscata. I called the restaurant for the name but it's no longer on their list.

I began searching the net and saw a Muscata d'asti but it turns out that is a sparkling white wine so I am continuing my search.

Would you have any idea what the actual name of this wine is?

[Innkeeper]

Hi Starr, and welcome to the Wine Board. This one has me puzzled, but perhaps not others. The only red dessert one starting with M that I know of off hand is Maury which is a wonderful fortified late harvest Grenache from the South of France.

Another possiblity is that it is like the company name of a Port or other dessert wine.

[Thraz]

Muscat is usually a white grape, often used to make fortified dessert (white) wine. However, there is also a red grape, sometimes used to make a fortified wine. I have never had it though. I understand that some Muscat de Frontignan wines (a Languedoc wine, South of France) are red. Also, I searched the net and a producer called Avondale from South Africa seems to make one.

[dananne]

Could it have been a black muscat, like Quady's Elysium? Despite the name, which might suggest "black" in the glass for some people, it's a deep reddish color.

[STARR]

Thanks for the welcome and thanks even more for the responses. I will give those a try and definitely let you know how it goes.