Campbells Isabella Rare Topaque 375ml is a breathtaking Rutherglen Muscadelle, pouring deep mahogany with olive hues and an explosive nose of toffee, honey, cold tea, sticky date pudding, treacle and toffeed walnuts – pure, decadent fortified royalty in a tiny bottle. The palate is unbelievably viscous and honeyed yet perfectly balanced, packed with malt, dried fig, fruitcake, roasted nuts and complex rancio, finishing long, layered and almost endless.

This Isabella Rare Topaque is the pinnacle of Campbells’ solera – average age well over 50 years, with components older than 70 – and sits comfortably in the 97–98‑point bracket from Halliday and other critics, regarded as one of Australia’s greatest fortified wines. It is best sipped slowly on its own, or with strong blue or washed‑rind cheeses, bitter chocolate desserts or simply alongside coffee and petit fours at the end of a special meal.

Campbells Isabella Rare Topaque 375ml is made from late‑harvest Muscadelle, raised in a rare‑classification solera spanning four generations, then bottled for immediate, hedonistic pleasure rather than further ageing – once opened it will hold beautifully, but every sip is so intense and luxurious that the real challenge is slowing down enough to savour it.