Morris
Old Premium Rare Liqueur Muscat
Rutherglen
NV

The producer

Founded over 160 years ago, in 1859, Morris Rutherglen is today run by the fifth generation of the family, with David Morris in charge of the winemaking side. One of the oldest Rutherglen houses in existence, Morris Rutherglen’s wine range includes table, fortified and sparkling wines, all of which have won numerous trophies and awards over the years.

The wine

Old Premium Rare is Morris Rutherglen’s finest sweet wines, which are only produced from the best vintages. The blending of old and younger wine material, results in enormous complexity, and along with the long 20 years of ageing, the concentration and finesse of this wine is really amongst the absolute best in the area.

We choose our wines based on a range of criteria (see how we choose our wines) of which critic scores is just one. Rather than simply highlight the best score to promote a wine, our average critic score is calculated from the scores provided by several respected wine critics, who we follow for specific regions. They do not represent all critic scores and, wherever possible, we try and give more weight to more recent reviews. Where appropriate we consider market-based scores like Global Wine Score or Wine Searcher Average scores.

As a rule, we look to offer wines that achieve a 92/100 average critic score or better and frankly a lot of very good wines simply don’t make the cut. As a high-end provider we want to reflect that positioning in the quality of wines we offer. Such wines are only a tiny fraction of those generally on offer in the market. We believe that an average score is a more conservative and representative approach, but it is still subjective and only offered as a guide to our customers, who will (and should) do their own research. We will add individual critic scores to our website in the future.