Cuvées

Schlumberger Cuvee Christine Vendanges Tardives

4.5

Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant

Domaines SchlumbergerAlsace€€€€€€€€Dessert Late Harvest

Cuvee Christine is Schlumberger's family-named Vendanges Tardives Gewurztraminer, sourced from Kessler and Kitterle parcels. Honeyed and floral, made only in warm vintages.

Trimbach Gewurztraminer Vendanges Tardives

4.6

Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant

Maison TrimbachAlsace€€€€€€€€€Dessert Late Harvest

Late-harvested Gewurztraminer at high natural ripeness, produced only in warm vintages. Honeyed apricot and lychee with the trademark rose-petal lift.

Moscato Rosa

4.7

Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Romantic · Fruity

Franz HaasAlto Adige€€€€€€€€Dessert Late Harvest

Franz Haas's signature Moscato Rosa - a rare native red dessert grape produced as a sweet wine. Distinct rose-and-red-berry register with elegant acidity that prevents cloying; the cellar's most distinctive bottling alongside the Schweizer Pinot Nero.

Moscato Rosa Vendemmia Tardiva

4.6

Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Romantic · Fruity

Castel SalleggAlto Adige€€€€€€€€Dessert Late Harvest

Castel Sallegg's late-harvest Moscato Rosa is the cellar's signature dessert wine, made from the cellar's historic estate above Lake Caldaro owned by the Counts of Kuenburg since 1851.

Terminum Gewurztraminer Vendemmia Tardiva

4.9

Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Fruity

Cantina TraminAlto Adige€€€€€€€€Dessert Late Harvest

Late-harvested noble-rot Gewurztraminer picked in the first days of winter from a single Tramin parcel where botrytis develops. Sweet, deeply concentrated, with bright acidity balancing 150 grams of residual sugar; styled as Tramin's answer to Alsace's Selection de Grains Nobles.

Bressan Verduzzo

4.4

Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Bressan Mastri VinaiFriuli-Venezia Giulia€€€€€€€€Dessert Late Harvest

Late-harvest Verduzzo Friulano from cult Bressan. The cellar's dessert bottling from air-dried grapes.

Dario Coos Picolit

4.6

Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Dario CoosFriuli-Venezia Giulia€€€€€€€€Dessert Late Harvest

Late-harvest Picolit from Dario Coos in the Colli Orientali. Picolit is one of Italy's rarest grapes thanks to its floral abortion, which leaves clusters with very few berries.

Dario Coos Ramandolo Il Longhino

4.5

Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Dario CoosFriuli-Venezia Giulia€€€€€€€Dessert Late Harvest

Late-harvest Verduzzo Friulano from the Ramandolo amphitheatre at Nimis. Dario Coos is the village reference and Il Longhino is the cellar's flagship Ramandolo DOCG.

Le Vigne di Zamò Picolit

4.6

Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Le Vigne di ZamòFriuli-Venezia Giulia€€€€€€€€Dessert Late Harvest

Picolit from the family's Rocca Bernarda holdings, the heart of DOCG Colli Orientali del Friuli Picolit. Dried apricot and honey over a saline-edged finish.

Livio Felluga Picolit

4.7

Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Livio FellugaFriuli-Venezia Giulia€€€€€€€€Dessert Late Harvest

Livio Felluga's flagship DOCG Picolit, the indigenous Friulian sweet-wine grape with naturally low yields and tiny berries. Dried apricot and honey over a saline-edged finish that keeps the wine from cloying.

Rocca Bernarda Picolit

4.7

Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Rocca BernardaFriuli-Venezia Giulia€€€€€€€€Dessert Late Harvest

Rocca Bernarda's flagship DOCG Picolit from the Villa Rocca Bernarda estate at Premariacco. The villa was the historical seat of Picolit production under the Counts of Trento in the 19th century.

Ronchi di Cialla Verduzzo di Cialla

4.6

Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Ronchi di CiallaFriuli-Venezia Giulia€€€€€€€€Dessert Late Harvest

The Rapuzzi family's late-harvest Verduzzo Friulano from Cialla, aged in large Slavonian oak botti. Dried apricot and honey over a saline-edged sweet finish.

Ronchi di Manzano Picolit

4.3

Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Ronchi di ManzanoFriuli-Venezia Giulia€€€€€€€€Dessert Late Harvest

Late-harvest Picolit from Ronchi di Manzano. The cellar's DOCG dessert wine made from the historically rare grape.

Russiz Superiore Verduzzo Friulano

4.5

Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Russiz SuperioreFriuli-Venezia Giulia€€€€€€€Dessert Late Harvest

The estate's late-harvest Verduzzo Friulano, a Friulian sweet-wine tradition. Dried apricot and honey aromatics over a saline-edged finish that keeps the wine off cloying territory.

Coteaux du Layon Clos Sainte Catherine

4.4

Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury

Domaine des BaumardLoire Valley€€€€€€€Dessert Late Harvest

Single-vineyard Coteaux du Layon from Baumard's Clos Sainte Catherine. Late-harvest Chenin with honey, peach and chalky lift, the Baumard's most approachable sweet wine.

Durkheimer Spielberg Scheurebe Auslese

4.4

Sweet · Full-bodied · High acidity · Romantic

Weingut Kurt DartingPfalz€€€€€€€Dessert Late Harvest

Late-harvest Scheurebe Auslese: candied grapefruit, honey, blackcurrant leaf and racy acid from Durkheimer Spielberg.

Frey Riesling Auslese

4.4

Sweet · Full-bodied · High acidity · Romantic

Weingut FreyPfalz€€€€€€€Dessert Late Harvest

Late-harvest Auslese Riesling: candied peach, honey, racy slate acid from Essingen parcels.

Mussbacher Eselshaut Rieslaner Auslese

4.7

Dessert · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative

Weingut Muller-CatoirPfalz€€€€€€€€Dessert Late Harvest

Muller-Catoir's late-harvest Rieslaner Auslese from the Mussbacher Eselshaut: candied apricot, honey, racy slate acidity and a profoundly long close.

Etim Dolc Natural

4.2

Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Festive · Romantic

Cooperativa Falset Marca (Etim)Priorat€€€€€Dessert Late Harvest

Canava Roussos Nama

4.3

Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Rustic

Canava RoussosSantorini€€€€€€€Dessert Late Harvest

Sweet liturgical Nama red from Roussos. Made in the historic island method for the Orthodox church-wine tradition.

Donnafugata Kabir Moscato di Pantelleria

4.4

Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Refreshing · Festive

Donnafugata PantelleriaSicily€€€€€€€Dessert Late Harvest

Kabir is Donnafugata's lighter Pantelleria sweet wine: fresher and less concentrated than Ben Rye, from Zibibbo grapes dried for a shorter period, producing a floral, juicy dessert wine of great charm.

Hauner Malvasia delle Lipari Naturale

4.4

Medium Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Refreshing · Festive

Hauner (Malvasia delle Lipari)Sicily€€€€€€€Dessert Late Harvest

The Naturale style is a lighter, fresher take on Malvasia delle Lipari: less concentrated than the Passito but showing the grape's characteristic floral-apricot aromatics and the volcanic salinity of the Aeolian Islands in a more immediately approachable register.

Maggio Vini Moscato di Noto

4.1

Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Festive · Romantic

Maggio ViniSicily€€€€€€€Dessert Late Harvest

Maggio Vini's Moscato di Noto is a delicately sweet fortified-adjacent late-harvest Moscato Bianco from the sun-drenched Noto terroir: peach blossom, orange and apricot with balancing acidity from the variety's natural freshness.

Pellegrino Moscato di Pantelleria

4.2

Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Refreshing · Festive

Cantine PellegrinoSicily€€€€€Dessert Late Harvest

The Moscato di Pantelleria is a lighter, fresher sweet wine style compared to the passito: Zibibbo grapes not fully dried produce a wine of floral freshness, bright apricot character and lower alcohol, ideal as an aperitivo or light dessert wine.

Maculan Dindarello Breganze

4.3

Sweet · Light-bodied · Medium acidity · Festive · Romantic

MaculanVeneto€€€€€€€Dessert Late Harvest

Dindarello is Maculan's late-harvest Moscato, a lighter and more delicate counterpart to the intense Torcolato and Acininobili. From small Moscato (Muscat blanc a petits grains) grapes left on the vine to develop extra ripeness, it captures the variety's natural floral sweetness without botrytis intervention.

Roberto Anselmi I Capitelli

4.7

Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Romantic · Contemplative

Roberto AnselmiVeneto€€€€€€€€Dessert Late Harvest

I Capitelli is Anselmi's late-harvest sweet Garganega, made from overripe and botrytised bunches from the Capitel Croce and Capitel Foscarino hills; rich, honeyed and apricot-dominated but lifted by the grape's natural acidity that keeps it from cloying.

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