Dessert · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Botrytised Gewurztraminer at near-Sauternes ripeness, made only in noble-rot vintages. Saffron honey, candied rose and an apricot-jam palate.
Cuvées
Dessert · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Weinbach's noble-rot Pinot Gris from the Altenbourg lieu-dit. Honeycomb, candied apricot and saffron honey; a multi-decade dessert wine made only in exceptional vintages.
Moscato Rosa
4.7
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Romantic · Fruity
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.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Romantic · Fruity
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.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Tenuta Lieselehof's hyper-rare passito dessert wine from air-dried Piwi-variety grapes with approximately 300 grams residual sugar. The cellar's Quintessenz bottling sits at the apex of the dessert wine range; tiny allocations of around 800-848 bottles per vintage.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Fruity
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.
Dessert · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Festive
Premier Cru Classe Sauternes (1855), with an exceptionally high Semillon content (up to 100% in some vintages) that delivers a concentrated, pure 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
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
Botrytised sweet Sauternes; 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.
Dessert · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Festive
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.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant
A fine twenty-year tawny with honeyed dried fruit, nuts and a long candied-citrus finish.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative
A single-harvest tawny in the Burmester house style, concentrated with dried fruit and nutty wood-aged complexity.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant
A nutty, honeyed ten-year tawny with dried-fruit sweetness and a clean cask-aged finish.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant
A fine twenty-year tawny with honeyed dried fruit, nuts and a long spiced finish, slightly drier in the Dow's register.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant
A reserve tawny named for the legendary Dona Antonia Ferreira, with nutty caramel and dried-fruit notes.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant
A fine, mellow twenty-year tawny with honeyed dried fruit, nuts and a long candied-citrus finish.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant
A nutty, honeyed ten-year tawny with dried-fruit sweetness and a clean finish.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant
A fine, complex twenty-year tawny balancing honeyed dried fruit, nuts and a long spiced finish, regularly among the top-rated of its class.
Kopke Colheita
4.7
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative
The reference Colheita: a single-harvest tawny aged for many years in cask, intensely concentrated with dried fruit, nuts and candied citrus, released with its vintage on the label.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative
A celebrated single-harvest tawny, Niepoort holding some of the oldest Colheita reserves in the Douro, intensely concentrated with dried fruit and candied citrus.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Fruity
The signature sweet fortified Moscatel of the Favaios plateau, intensely aromatic with orange blossom, candied citrus and honey, lifted by fresh acidity.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant
A fine twenty-year tawny with honeyed dried fruit, nuts and a long candied-citrus finish.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Fruity
A rare fortified Moscatel do Douro, intensely aromatic with orange blossom and candied citrus, sweet but lifted by fresh acidity.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant
A nutty, honeyed ten-year tawny under the Royal Oporto label from Portugal's oldest wine company.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant
A fine twenty-year tawny with honeyed dried fruit, nuts and a long candied-citrus finish.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant
A nutty, mellow ten-year tawny with dried-fruit sweetness and a clean cask-aged finish.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant
Taylor's signature aged tawny: a fine balance of dried-fruit concentration, mellow nuttiness and a long spiced finish, widely cited as the benchmark twenty-year style.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Low acidity · Festive · Romantic
Rich, concentrated Pedro Ximénez made from sun-dried grapes; intensely sweet with coffee, molasses and dried-fruit complexity.
Mari Pepa Cream
4.0
Medium Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Low acidity · Easygoing · Festive
Cream sherry from the Gutiérrez Colosía riverside bodega under the Mari Pepa label; medium-sweet, caramel-toned and approachable with the Atlantic character of El Puerto.
Sweet · Romantic · Festive
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Low acidity · Festive · Bold
Intensely sweet PX from sun-dried Pedro Ximénez grapes. Black as espresso, viscous, with layers of raisins, molasses and warm spice.
Yuste Cream
3.9
Medium Sweet · Easygoing
Sweet · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Botrytised sweet Chenin Blanc from a south-facing tuffeau parcel. The estate's rare dessert cuvee: candied apricot, honey and saffron over a saline mineral spine, built for decades.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Botrytis Chenin Blanc from schist parcels above the Layon. Honey, apricot and preserved citrus over Anjou Noir schist's mineral spine.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Botrytis-affected Chenin Blanc from Quarts de Chaume Grand Cru AOC. Honey, apricot and preserved citrus on a multi-decade-cellar frame, the Baumard's flagship dessert wine.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Botrytis-affected Chenin Blanc from Pierre-Bise's Quarts de Chaume parcels. Honey, apricot and saffron over a multi-decade-cellar frame.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Patrick Baudouin's botrytis Chenin Blanc from Quarts de Chaume schist. Intense honey and apricot over Anjou Noir schist's mineral spine; multi-decade-cellar.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Foreau's most rarefied Moelleux. Produced only five times in the domaine's century-long history (1947, 1990, 2011, 2015, 2020).
Dessert · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Festive
A rare Eiswein from the Mulheimer Helenenkloster, a site Richter reserves for ice wine: piercing acidity carrying intense concentrated frozen-grape sweetness.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative
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.
Avinyo Petillant
4.4
Off Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Fruity · Easygoing
Ancestral-method Muscat from organic Avinyo. Cleaner Moscato d'Asti-style Penedes sparkler.
Off Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Festive · Fruity
Indigenous-trio Cava in the Semi-Seco style (37 grams per litre residual sugar), the brand's original launch back to 1941. Ripe pear, melon and quince aromatics with a creamy mousse; the right Cava for spicy food and lighter desserts.
Sweet · Light-bodied · Medium acidity · Festive · Refreshing
A brilliant straw-yellow Moscato d'Asti with floral, peach and apricot aromas, a creamy, fragrant palate, fine bubble and a particularly fresh finish.
Sweet · Light-bodied · Medium acidity · Festive · Refreshing
A bright straw-gold, slightly sparkling Moscato d'Asti with intense peach, apricot, rose petal and ginger, sweet and delicate with modest acidity and good balance.
Arrels Vi Ranci
4.2
Off Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Rustic
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Festive · Romantic
Dessert · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative
Robert Weil's Graefenberg Eiswein from frozen Riesling berries: crystalline concentration of yellow stone fruit, candied citrus and razor-sharp acidity.
Dessert · Full-bodied · High acidity · Romantic
Schloss Johannisberg's pink-foiled Beerenauslese from selected botrytised berries: candied peach, dried apricot and honey balanced by Rheingau Riesling acidity.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Festive · Elegant
The Reserve Muscat from Coyeux; more concentrated and richer than the standard cuvee, with brief time in old oak adding almond and caramel notes.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Sun-dried Assyrtiko-led Vinsanto with long oak ageing. Dried fig, caramel and apricot with high acidity preserving lift.
Dessert · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Festive · Fruity
Younger-release Vinsanto from Argyros. Bright dried-apricot and honey character with acidity preserving lift through the sweetness.
Dessert · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Festive · Fruity
Cooperative entry-tier PDO Vinsanto. Dried apricot and honey with high acidity preserving lift.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Low acidity · Rustic · Festive
Rallo's Marsala Superiore is the historic house's standard fortified expression: accessible, caramelised-fruit and gently oxidative from the 1860-founded Marsala cellar.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Low acidity · Festive · Rustic
Florio's accessible everyday Marsala Superiore Semisecco: the classic Marsala for cooking and casual drinking, with soft caramelised-fruit character and gentle oxidative notes.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Festive · Romantic
Morsi di Luce (bites of light) is Florio's Passito di Pantelleria: sun-dried Zibibbo grapes from Pantelleria producing a sweet, honeyed wine with apricot and orange blossom aromatics.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Festive · Romantic
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.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Festive · Romantic
Nes (shortened from the Pantelleria dialect 'giardino pantesco', an enclosed garden) is Pellegrino's sun-drenched Passito di Pantelleria: concentrated Zibibbo with apricot-honey character and the characteristic volcanic depth of Pantelleria.
Sweet · Elegant · Contemplative
Sweet · Elegant · Contemplative
Sweet · Elegant · Contemplative
Sweet · Elegant · Contemplative
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Romantic · Contemplative
A rare white passito from Dal Forno, made from dried Moscato and Garganega grapes at the Illasi valley estate, applying the same concentration philosophy as the Amarone to a sweet white with orange blossom and apricot intensity.
Dessert · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
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.
Sweet · Light-bodied · Medium acidity · Festive · Romantic
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.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Romantic · Elegant
Pieropan's Recioto di Soave from the Le Colombare parcel sits within the long sweet-wine tradition of the Soave zone (Recioto di Soave DOCG, established 1998); dried Garganega produces apricot-honey concentration kept fresh by the varietal's trademark high acidity.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Romantic · Contemplative
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.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Romantic · Contemplative
Amedeo is Suavia's Recioto di Soave DOCG from the ancient Monte Carbonare vineyard; the sweet dried-Garganega wine balances luscious apricot-honey sweetness with the grape's natural high acidity, keeping the finish fresh and complex.