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Top-rated sweet wines

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The highest-rated sweet wines we have reviewed, one per producer.

5.0 Bordeaux Chateau d'Yquem Chateau d'Yquem 5.0 Valpolicella Dal Forno Romano Amarone della Valpolicella Dal Forno Romano 5.0 Tokaj Disznókő Eszencia Disznókő 5.0 Valpolicella Giuseppe Quintarelli Alzero Giuseppe Quintarelli 5.0 Tokaj Oremus Eszencia Tokaj Oremus 5.0 Mosel Scharzhofberger Riesling Auslese Weingut Egon Muller - Scharzhof 5.0 Loire Valley Vouvray Moelleux Goutte d'Or Domaine du Clos Naudin (Philippe Foreau) 4.9 Tuscany Avignonesi Occhio di Pernice Vin Santo Avignonesi

Region by region

Sweet wine, region by region

28 regions, with their best sweet bottles and the estates that make them.

Wine and cheese

Cheese with sweet wine

Every cheese
Munster Local tradition French Wikipedia lists late-harvest and noble-rot Gewurztraminer with Munster. The wine's sweetness plays against the salty, pungent rind, a sweet-and-savoury contrast. Gewurztraminer Vendanges Tardives or Sélection de Grains Nobles, Alsace: Hugel Selection de Grains Nobles Gewurztraminer · Trimbach Gewurztraminer Vendanges Tardives · Schlumberger Cuvee Christine Vendanges Tardives
Montasio Local tradition Qualigeo names Colli Orientali Picolit among the wines for Montasio. Its honeyed sweetness plays against the salty, savoury paste of an aged Stagionato or Stravecchio, and high acidity keeps it from cloying. Picolit (Colli Orientali del Friuli DOCG), Friuli-Venezia Giulia: Livio Felluga Picolit · Rocca Bernarda Picolit · Le Vigne di Zamò Picolit
Monte Veronese Our pick Old d'allevo is the sharpest, most peppery Monte Veronese, a cheese for the end of a meal. Amarone, dry and full-bodied from dried grapes and long ageing, has the weight and alcohol to stand up to it. Serve a small piece. Amarone della Valpolicella, Valpolicella: Giuseppe Quintarelli Amarone della Valpolicella Classico · Dal Forno Romano Amarone della Valpolicella · Viviani Casa dei Bepi Amarone della Valpolicella Classico
Kopanisti Our pick Kopanisti is a soft, salty cheese with a woody, peppery taste and marked piquancy. Vinsanto, sweet from sun-dried grapes and aged in oak, keeps a high acidity, and its sugar answers the cheese's salt and spice. Vinsanto, Santorini: Gaia Vinsanto · Canava Roussos Vinsanto · Venetsanos Vinsanto
Bleu de Gex Our pick Vin de paille, made from grapes dried for months before pressing, is sweet and concentrated, and its sugar sets off the light salt and pleasant bitterness of Bleu de Gex. A blue this mild does not bury the wine's dried-fruit richness. Vin de paille, Jura: Montbourgeau L'Etoile Vin de Paille · Ligier Vin de Paille · Berthet-Bondet Vin de Paille
Requeijão Serra da Estrela Our pick Requeijão is eaten with honey or pumpkin preserve, so a sweet wine follows the same line. A late-harvest Dão white, soft and full with low acidity, matches the creamy white curd rather than cutting through it. Late-harvest Dão white, Dão: Quinta dos Penassais Colheita Tardia Branco

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