Cuvées

Chateau Lafaurie-Peyraguey

4.6

Dessert · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Festive

Chateau Lafaurie-PeyragueyBordeaux€€€€€€€€Dessert Noble Rot

Among the finest Premier Cru Classe Sauternes, with an exceptionally high Semillon content (up to 100% in some vintages) that delivers an unusually pure, concentrated expression of noble rot. Pineapple, candied citrus, honeycomb, and powdered ginger with vivid acidity; the 2013 renaissance under Silvio Denz transformed quality.

Chateau Rieussec

4.7

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

Chateau RieussecBordeaux€€€€€€€€Dessert Noble Rot

One of the most consistent Premier Cru Classe Sauternes, with Rieussec's distinctive high Semillon content yielding a wine of great concentration and rich tropical fruit. Honey-drenched pineapple, orange, mango, and caramel with vibrant acidity and a very long finish.

Chateau d'Yquem

5.0

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

Chateau d'YquemBordeaux€€€€€€€€€€Dessert Noble Rot

The world's most celebrated botrytised sweet wine; the sole Premier Cru Superieur in the 1855 Sauternes classification. Semillon-dominant with intense noble-rot character: beeswax, saffron, apricot, and honey balanced by electric acidity. Ages for decades and improves for 50 or more years in great vintages.

La Chapelle de Lafaurie-Peyraguey

4.0

Dessert · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Festive

Chateau Lafaurie-PeyragueyBordeaux€€€€€€€Dessert Noble Rot

The second sweet wine of Lafaurie-Peyraguey, sharing the estate's Bommes terroir and high Semillon content. White peach, apricot, and lemon cream notes lead a direct, energetic palate with mellow sweetness balanced by lively acidity. More accessible in youth than the grand vin.

Les Carmes de Rieussec

4.0

Dessert · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Festive

Chateau RieussecBordeaux€€€€€€€€Dessert Noble Rot

The second sweet wine of Chateau Rieussec, named after the Carmelite monks who founded the estate. Shares the same high-Semillon blend and botrytised character as the grand vin, with apricot, candied ginger, saffron, and orange blossom in a sweeter, more approachable style.

Brauneberger Juffer-Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese

4.7

Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative

Weingut Fritz HaagMosel€€€€€€€€Dessert Noble Rot

A concentrated, botrytis-touched Auslese from the Juffer-Sonnenuhr that pairs honeyed richness with the trademark cutting Brauneberg acidity.

Erdener Pralat Riesling Auslese

4.4

Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative

Weingut Dr. HermannMosel€€€€€€€€Dessert Noble Rot

A concentrated, botrytis-touched Auslese from the tiny, warm Erdener Pralat: rich, exotic and honeyed over piercing acidity.

Graacher Domprobst Riesling Auslese

4.6

Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative

Weingut Selbach-OsterMosel€€€€€€€€Dessert Noble Rot

A bold, mineral-earthy Auslese from the Graacher Domprobst with exotic fruit notes and legendary development potential.

Lieserer Niederberg Helden Riesling Auslese

4.5

Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative

Weingut Schloss LieserMosel€€€€€€€€Dessert Noble Rot

A concentrated, often botrytis-touched edelsuss Auslese from the home vineyard: honeyed richness held in piercing acidity for decades of evolution.

Scharzhofberger Riesling Auslese

5.0

Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative

Weingut Egon Muller - ScharzhofMosel€€€€€€€€€€Dessert Noble Rot

One of the world's most coveted sweet Rieslings: botrytis-laced Scharzhofberg Auslese of extraordinary concentration, acidity and near-immortal cellar life.

Scharzhofberger Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese

5.0

Dessert · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative

Weingut Egon Muller - ScharzhofMosel€€€€€€€€€€Dessert Noble Rot

The most expensive young white wine on earth in great vintages: a tiny-production, intensely botrytised Scharzhofberg TBA of liqueur-like concentration and electric acidity.

Schimbock Riesling Auslese

4.5

Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative

Weingut VollenweiderMosel€€€€€€€€Dessert Noble Rot

A concentrated, botrytis-touched Auslese-level selection: honeyed richness held in piercing Mosel acidity for long ageing.

Urziger Wurzgarten Riesling Auslese

4.6

Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative

Weingut Dr. LoosenMosel€€€€€€€€Dessert Noble Rot

Noble-sweet Auslese from the spicy red slate of the Urziger Wurzgarten: concentrated exotic fruit, botrytis spice and bracing acidity for the long cellar.

Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese

4.8

Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative

Weingut Joh. Jos. PrumMosel€€€€€€€€Dessert Noble Rot

Noble-sweet Auslese from the Wehlener Sonnenuhr: rich, botrytis-touched and intensely concentrated yet held in balance by piercing Saar-Mosel acidity.

Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese Gold Capsule

4.7

Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative

Weingut Markus MolitorMosel€€€€€€€€Dessert Noble Rot

A noble-sweet gold-capsule Auslese from the Wehlener Sonnenuhr: rich, botrytis-laced and concentrated, balanced by piercing blue-slate acidity for the long cellar.

Zeltinger Schlossberg Riesling Auslese Rotlay

4.5

Sweet · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Bold

Weingut Selbach-OsterMosel€€€€€€€€Dessert Noble Rot

An ultra-ripe, un-botrytised Auslese-level dry-tasting selection from old vines in the Zeltinger Schlossberg: powerful, smoky-salty and densely woven.

Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese White Capsule

4.6

Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Bold

Weingut Markus MolitorMosel€€€€€€€€Dessert Noble Rot

A dry-tasting Auslese-ripeness Riesling under Molitor's white-capsule code from the Zeltinger Sonnenuhr: concentrated, powerful and dry on the palate despite high must weight.

Oremus Eszencia

5.0

Sweet · Contemplative

Tokaj OremusTokaj€€€€€€€€€€Dessert Noble Rot

Maculan Acininobili Breganze

4.9

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

MaculanVeneto€€€€€€€€€Dessert Noble Rot

One of Italy's greatest botrytised dessert wines. Acininobili (noble berries) is produced from 100% botrytis-affected Vespaiola grapes, selected berry by berry in the best vintages. The Sauternes influence is explicit: Maculan was inspired by a trip to Bordeaux in the late 1970s and applied the Trockenbeerenauslese selection principle to Vespaiola.

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