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The best fortified wines in Australia

By The Tasting Team

18 Aug, 2026

The All Saints Estate Museum Muscadelle NV has been named the best fortified wine in Australia.

The Halliday Wine Companion Awards celebrate the best wines in Australia – as chosen by the Halliday Tasting Team. Below, you'll find Australia's best fortified wines, along with their scores. Members can also click through to find each wine's detailed review.

But before you dive into the exhaustive list of Australia's best fortified wines, you can get to know the current winner of our Fortified Wine of the Year award – the NV Museum Muscadelle from All Saints Estate.

"Often this flight is poured and tasted towards the pointy end of the annual awards judging, in part due to the nature of the wines, but also for how they lift the spirits of the Tasting Team. It is a bracket of immense joy, for the senses, and also for the provenance, history and supreme quality of the wines. Congratulations to All Saints Estate on their fourth consecutive win in this category with a wine that Jeni Port describes as 'lingering, unwavering, sweetly memorable.'" – Katrina Butler

 

2027 Fortified Wine of the Year

All Saints Estate Museum Muscadelle NV, Rutherglen

100 points | Price when tasted $1300

All Saints Estate Museum Muscadelle NV
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Instantly immersive, intense and, above all, extraordinary – this is a wine that will stay in your memory. With an average age of 100+ years, it reaches into time to deliver a remarkable depth of complexity and flavours that remain quintessentially elegant and bright. A wealth of dried fruits, Nanna's plum pudding, caramel slice, dark malt biscuit, dried dates and chocolate married to a deep rancio nuttiness greets you and then stays with you, lingering, unwavering, sweetly memorable. 375ml. – Jeni Port

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This is an edited extract from the 2027 Halliday Wine Companion, with reviews by Dave Brookes, Jane Faulkner, Jeni Port, Katrina Butler, Marcus Ellis, Mike Bennie, Philip Rich, Shanteh Wale and Toni Paterson MW. Cover art by Chantel De Latour.


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