Indulgence

Sweet Dessert Wine

Intensity of sweetness balanced by bracing acidity.

The world's rarest and most concentrated wines are its sweet dessert wines - from Sauternes' botrytized genius to late-harvest Riesling.

These wines take real skill and often still weather, making each bottle a gift.

Key Characteristics

  • · Intensity of sweetness balanced by bracing acidity.
  • · Botrytis (noble rot) concentrates the grapes for Sauternes and TBA; sun-dried grapes for Vinsanto.
  • · Port, Madeira and Tokaji complete the dessert-wine scene.

Food Pairing

  • · foie gras
  • · blue cheese
  • · apple tarts
  • · crème brûlée
  • · citrus desserts

Serving

  • · 8-10°C
  • · Serve cold
  • · Serving glass

Subcategories

Sauternes & Barsac

The king of botrytized dessert wines

Late Harvest

Concentrated Riesling

Tokaji

Hungary's luscious classic