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
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Festive · Easygoing
Lucien Albrecht's 100 percent Pinot Noir Cremant Rose. Albrecht claims to have been the first to receive AOC approval for Cremant d Alsace in 1976. Reliable salmon-pink bubbles at a friendly price.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Cuvee Christine is Schlumberger's family-named Vendanges Tardives Gewurztraminer, sourced from Kessler and Kitterle parcels. Honeyed and floral, made only in warm vintages.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Easygoing
Schoffit's old-vine Pinot Gris from the Harth plot near Colmar. A more affordable, plump expression of the Schoffit style, off-dry and broad-shouldered.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Late-harvested Gewurztraminer at high natural ripeness, produced only in warm vintages. Honeyed apricot and lychee with the trademark rose-petal lift.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Festive · Elegant
Valentin Zusslin's biodynamic Cremant Rose, made from 100 percent Pinot Noir. Salmon-pink, long-lees ageing, more serious than a typical Cremant rose.
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.
Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Festive · Easygoing
Duboeuf's Beaujolais Nouveau is the widely-distributed reference for the third-Thursday-November release: carbonic-maceration Gamay bottled and released on the third Thursday of November, with characteristically exuberant fruit and soft structure.
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 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.
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.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Fruity
One of Champagne's most admired roses: pale salmon-pink with wild strawberry, redcurrant and white peach over fine red fruit, saline freshness and a silky, precise finish.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Fruity · Elegant
Gosset's non-vintage rose: red berries and rose over spice and white flowers, the palate marked by fresh red fruit, vinous structure and racy non-malolactic acidity.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Fruity · Festive
A pioneering saignee rose from Pinot Noir alone: fresh red berries, strawberry and raspberry over rose, the palate marked by bright vinous red fruit and a clean finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Fruity · Bold
A textbook Bouzy rose from Pinot Noir alone: floral strawberry and red berries over rose and spice, with a deep Pinot character and fresh acidity.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Romantic · Elegant
The prestige rose in the anemone bottle: gentle red berries and rose over citrus and soft spice, charming and soft with fresh acidity.
Ruinart Rose
4.5
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Fruity · Elegant
An early historic rose, fresh and delicate: red berries and rose over citrus, the palate marked by raspberry and redcurrant with a chalky finish.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Fruity · Festive
A delicate, perfumed rose with a bouquet of strawberry, red berries, herbs, blood orange and guava, fresh and lively on the palate.
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 · Easygoing
Calem's well-loved everyday reserve tawny, nutty and lightly sweet, a staple of the Portuguese market.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Easygoing
An accessible everyday tawny with nutty caramel notes, good chilled or neat.
Croft Pink
4.0
Sweet · Light-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Refreshing · Fruity
The original rose Port: bright, fresh red-berry fruit designed to be served chilled over ice or in a cocktail.
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.
Dow's Colheita
4.5
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative
A single-harvest tawny matured for many years in cask, showing concentrated dried fruit and complex wood-aged spice from one declared year.
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.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative
A concentrated thirty-year tawny with intense dried fruit, toffee and complex spiced wood.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Easygoing
An accessible reserve tawny with nutty caramel notes, made for everyday drinking chilled or neat.
Off Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative
A rare aged white Port, ten years in cask giving honeyed nutty depth and a gently oxidative, lingering finish.
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 · Easygoing
An accessible reserve tawny with nutty caramel notes, good chilled or neat.
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 · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative
A deeply concentrated thirty-year tawny with intense dried fruit, toffee and a complex spiced wood character.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Refreshing
A lighter, fresher ten-year tawny presented in a clear bottle, designed to be served chilled, with delicate dried-fruit and nut notes.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative
A rare old tawny from five generations of cask reserves (5G), intensely concentrated with dried fruit and wood-aged complexity.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
1701's biodynamic Demeter-certified Satèn Millesimato. 100 percent Chardonnay bottled at the soft 4.5 bar of pressure.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Antica Fratta's 100 percent Chardonnay Essence Satèn from the Monticelli Brusati cellar. Bottled at the softer 4.5 bar with acacia honey aromatics.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Romantic
Pinot Nero-led single-vintage Rosé from Bellavista's Erbusco vineyards. Wild strawberry and rose petal aromatics over a creamy mousse with 48 months on lees.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Bellavista's single-vintage Satèn, 100 percent Chardonnay, bottled at the softer 4.5 bar of pressure with 48 months on lees. Yellow peach, acacia honey and a silky mousse.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Chardonnay-only Satèn from Berlucchi's '61 line. Bottled at the softer 4.5 bar with yellow apple and white peach aromatics over a silky mousse.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Romantic
Pinot Nero-led Rosé Extra Brut with wild strawberry and rose petal aromatics, a creamy mousse and a delicate citrus finish. The numbered base-tier Rosé from Maurizio Zanella's Erbusco cellar.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
100 percent Chardonnay Satèn from a single vintage, bottled at the softer 4.5 bar of pressure. Yellow peach and acacia honey aromatics carried by a silky mousse and patisserie cream palate.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Castello Bonomi's 100 percent Chardonnay Satèn from the Coccaglio cellar. Bottled at the soft 4.5 bar of pressure of the DOCG Satèn category.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Contadi Castaldi's 100 percent Chardonnay Satèn bottled at the softer 4.5 bar of pressure. Yellow apple, acacia honey and a silky mousse.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Ferghettina's 100 percent Chardonnay Satèn, bottled at the softer 4.5 bar of pressure. Yellow apple, acacia honey and a silky mousse from Roberto Gatti's Adro cellar.
La Montina Satèn
4.4
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
La Montina's 100 percent Chardonnay Satèn from the Bozza brothers' Monticelli Brusati cellar. Soft 4.5 bar mousse with acacia honey aromatics.
Lantieri Satèn
4.3
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Lantieri's 100 percent Chardonnay Satèn from Capriolo. Bottled at the soft 4.5 bar of pressure with acacia honey aromatics.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Le Marchesine's Satèn, Brigantia. 100 percent Chardonnay bottled at the softer 4.5 bar of pressure with acacia honey aromatics.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Lo Sparviere's 100 percent Chardonnay Satèn from the Monticelli Brusati cellar. Bottled at the soft 4.5 bar of pressure with acacia honey aromatics.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Monte Rossa's Satèn, 100 percent Chardonnay bottled at the softer 4.5 bar of pressure. Acacia honey aromatics over a silky mousse.
Mosnel Satèn
4.6
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Il Mosnel's organic Satèn, 100 percent Chardonnay, bottled at the softer 4.5 bar of pressure with 30 months on lees. Yellow peach and acacia honey aromatics over a silky mousse.
Muratori Satèn
4.4
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Muratori's organic Satèn. 100 percent Chardonnay with 30 months on lees and the soft 4.5 bar mousse from the Adro cellar.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Ricci Curbastro's organic Satèn, Chardonnay-led with a small Pinot Bianco portion. Bottled at the softer 4.5 bar of pressure with the cellar's signature acacia honey lift.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Ronco Calino's organic 100 percent Chardonnay Satèn from Torbiato. Soft 4.5 bar mousse with acacia honey aromatics.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Uberti's single-vineyard Satèn from the Comarì del Salem plot at Erbusco. 100 percent Chardonnay bottled at 4.5 bar with 36 months on lees.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Villa Franciacorta's Boké Satèn. 100 percent Chardonnay with 36 months on lees and the soft 4.5 bar mousse of the Satèn category.
Bressan Verduzzo
4.4
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Late-harvest Verduzzo Friulano from cult Bressan. The cellar's dessert bottling from air-dried grapes.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
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.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
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.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
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.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
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.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
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.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
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.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Late-harvest Picolit from Ronchi di Manzano. The cellar's DOCG dessert wine made from the historically rare grape.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
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.
Sweet · Festive · Bold
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Low acidity · Festive
Classic PX with near-black colour and extreme dried-fruit sweetness; produced from sun-dried Pedro Ximénez grapes in the Sanlúcar bodega.
Sweet · Festive
Sweet · Festive · Bold
Medium Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
The wine that defined the Pale Cream category: Fino-pale in colour but sweetened, with white peach, honey and a clean refreshing finish.
Medium Sweet · Easygoing · Fruity
Dry Sack Medium
4.3
Off Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Easygoing · Festive
A classic medium sherry, the style that made Williams & Humbert famous. Off-dry with dried apricot, almond toffee and gentle spice from a blend of Amontillado, Oloroso and PX soleras.
Medium Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Festive · Elegant
Lustau's East India Solera evokes the historical 'Manila Galleon' practice of shipping sherry in barrels across the tropics to India, which accelerated ageing. Rich, sweet and complex with raisins, toffee and vanilla.
Sweet · Festive · Bold
Eva Cream
4.1
Medium Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Low acidity · Festive
Cream sherry blending Oloroso base with Pedro Ximénez for a medium-sweet, caramel-toned, approachable style.
Sweet · Contemplative · Bold
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.
Medium Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A VORS sweet Oloroso of minimum 30 years average age. Deep mahogany with complex dried fruit, orange peel, dark chocolate and a long, bittersweet finish.
Sweet · Romantic · Festive
Moscatel Pasas
4.6
Sweet · Festive · Romantic
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.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Low acidity · Contemplative
VORS PX from a solera over 30 years average age. Opaque near-black with extreme concentration: tar, treacle, dried tobacco and an extraordinary viscous finish.
Pedro Ximénez
4.2
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Low acidity · Festive
Classic Pedro Ximénez from the El Puerto riverside bodega: near-black, intensely sweet and concentrated with molasses, dark chocolate and dried-fruit character.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Low acidity · Festive
PX from Osborne's 1827 solera: intensely concentrated and syrupy with espresso, dark chocolate and prune character from nearly two centuries of solera refinement.
Sweet · Festive · Bold
Sweet · Festive · Bold
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Low acidity · Festive
Organic Pedro Ximénez: the same intensely sweet, near-black style as conventional PX but produced without synthetic pesticides or herbicides on the Montilla PX vineyards.
Sweet · Festive
Sweet · Festive
Sweet · Contemplative · Bold
Sweet · Festive · Elegant
Medium Sweet · Festive · Elegant
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Low acidity · Festive · Bold
Rich, sweet Pedro Ximénez from the Lustau Solera Reserva. Dark amber to black, with concentrated raisins, toffee, dark chocolate and a long warm finish.
Medium Sweet · Festive · Elegant
Medium Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Festive · Bold
Sweet Oloroso from a solera founded in 1847, blended with Pedro Ximénez for sweetness. Raisins, caramel, coffee and warm spice.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Low acidity · Bold · Festive
Brandy de Jerez from Osborne's BC 200 solera; rich, dried-fruit and caramel character from extended American oak ageing in the Jerez solera system.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Low acidity · Festive · Romantic
Classic PX of extreme concentration and sweetness from sun-dried Pedro Ximénez grapes; near-black in colour with molasses, espresso and dark dried-fruit intensity.
Yuste Cream
3.9
Medium Sweet · Easygoing
Brut Rose
4.3
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Fruity
Langlois's Cabernet Franc-dominant Cremant de Loire rose. Over 60 percent of the blend comes from clay-limestone terroirs of Montreuil-Bellay and Le Puy Notre-Dame, with 18 months on the lees: pale pink with copper notes, red berry and peach aromatics, fresh and easy on the palate.
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 · Elegant · Savoury
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.
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
Ogereau's flagship Coteaux du Layon Saint-Lambert from Clos des Bonnes Blanches. Botrytis Chenin Blanc with honey, apricot and saffron over chalky depth.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
Ackerman's value Cremant de Loire blanc. Chenin Blanc, Chardonnay and Cabernet Franc vinified in stainless steel and aged 12 to 16 months on the lees: yellow peach and white-flower aromas, lively attack, suave mid-palate, slightly tart finish.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Saigne-method Cabernet Franc Cremant de Loire. Intense pink-salmon hue, wild strawberry and ripe peach aromas, a broad and gently tannic palate with a soft mousse.
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.
Royal Brut
4.3
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Festive
Ackerman's Chardonnay-led Cremant de Loire Royal. 36 months on the lees lend tertiary dried-fruit and almond notes, balanced by zesty lemon and a buttery, biscuity Chardonnay character with a long, dry finish.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Botrytis-affected Chenin Blanc from Clos du Bourg in late-harvest conditions. Honey, apricot and preserved citrus over the cuvée's signature chalky acidity.
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).
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Botrytis-affected late-harvest Chenin Blanc from Foreau's tuffeau-limestone parcels in Vouvray. Bottled only a few times per decade, with documented multi-decade cellaring potential.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative
A concentrated, botrytis-touched Auslese from the Juffer-Sonnenuhr that pairs honeyed richness with the trademark cutting Brauneberg acidity.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative
A concentrated, botrytis-touched Auslese from the tiny, warm Erdener Pralat: rich, exotic and honeyed over piercing acidity.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative
A bold, mineral-earthy Auslese from the Graacher Domprobst with exotic fruit notes and legendary development potential.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative
A concentrated, often botrytis-touched edelsuss Auslese from the home vineyard: honeyed richness held in piercing acidity for decades of evolution.
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.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative
Botrytis-laced Scharzhofberg Auslese from a VDP Grosse Lage parcel held by the Mueller family at the Scharzhof since 1797, with high acidity and decades of cellar potential.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative
A concentrated, botrytis-touched Auslese-level selection: honeyed richness held in piercing Mosel acidity for long ageing.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative
Noble-sweet Auslese from the spicy red slate of the Urziger Wurzgarten: concentrated exotic fruit, botrytis spice and bracing acidity for the long cellar.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative
Noble-sweet Auslese from the Wehlener Sonnenuhr: rich, botrytis-touched and intensely concentrated yet held in balance by piercing Saar-Mosel acidity.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative
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.
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.
Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Pinot Noir rose Cava from organic Avinyo. Fresh, red-fruited, fine-bubble Catalan sparkler.
Brut Rosado
4.2
Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Romantic
Garnatxa-led rose Cava with a touch of Pinot Noir for elegance. Wild strawberry, redcurrant and rose petal aromatics over a soft creamy mousse and delicate citrus finish.
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.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Romantic
Pinot Noir and Trepat rose Cava in the Elyssia premium range. Wild strawberry, raspberry and floral citrus aromatics over an elegant creamy palate; the salmon-pink colour comes from short skin maceration.
Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Mono-varietal Pinot Noir rose Cava from Caves Mascaro. Fresh red-fruited Catalan sparkler.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Romantic
Pinot Noir-Monastrell-Garnacha rose Corpinnat aged 24 months on lees. Complex wild-berry, fresh-grass and toasty aromatics with sour cherry and candied lemon on a precise, brioche-and-acidity frame.
Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Mono-varietal Garnacha rose Cava from Jane Ventura. Pioneer of Garnacha-based rose Cava in Baix Penedes.
Sweet · Full-bodied · High acidity · Romantic
Late-harvest Scheurebe Auslese: candied grapefruit, honey, blackcurrant leaf and racy acid from Durkheimer Spielberg.
Sweet · Full-bodied · High acidity · Romantic
Late-harvest Auslese Riesling: candied peach, honey, racy slate acid from Essingen parcels.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative
Eiswein from frozen Riesling berries: candied lemon, frozen peach and razor-sharp acidity.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative
Muller-Catoir's late-harvest Rieslaner Auslese from the Mussbacher Eselshaut: candied apricot, honey, racy slate acidity and a profoundly long close.
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.
Sweet · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Schloss Johannisberg's bronze-foiled fruity-sweet Auslese: golden stone fruit, honey-touched botrytis and racy Rheingau acidity for long cellar life.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative
Schloss Johannisberg's gold-foiled Trockenbeerenauslese from individually selected botrytised berries: liqueur-like, candied stone fruit and saffron over racy slate acidity.
Sweet · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Robert Weil's Graefenberg Auslese: botrytised stone-fruit concentration, honey, smoky slate and racy Kiedrich acidity for multi-decade cellar life.
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 · High acidity · Elegant
Schloss Vollrads's botrytised Auslese: golden stone fruit, honeyed botrytis and racy Rheingau acid for long cellar life.
Medium Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Romantic · Contemplative
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Festive · Romantic
A fresh, floral Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise from Coyeux; delicate apricot and peach blossom with natural sweetness and clean acidity. An ideal dessert aperitif or pairing for fresh fruit.
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.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Festive · Romantic
One of Beaumes-de-Venise's most traditional producers; the Muscat from Bernardins is floral, perfumed, and delicate with rose water and lychee notes from high-altitude Muscat vines.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Low acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
An aged, oxidative Muscat with extraordinary complexity; dried citrus, almond, saffron, and fig from extended old-wood ageing. A Southern Rhone rarity with the complexity of a great Sauternes.
Diamante
4.0
Off Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Easygoing · Fruity
The house's famous off-dry white: floral, gently sweet and fresh, a historic aperitif-style Rioja white with a loyal following.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Antoniou PDO Vinsanto: long oak-aged in rock-cut chambers of the historic Megalochori cellar.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Art Space PDO Vinsanto: long oak-aged sweet wine from the 1861 family canava at Exo Gonia.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Karamolegos Vinsanto: sun-dried Assyrtiko-led blend with caramel, dried fruit and high-acid lift.
Boutari Vinsanto
4.4
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Boutari PDO Vinsanto: sun-dried Assyrtiko-led blend with caramel and dried-fruit depth, high-acid lift.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Rustic
Sweet liturgical Nama red from Roussos. Made in the historic island method for the Orthodox church-wine tradition.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Historic Canava Roussos Vinsanto: long-aged sun-dried Assyrtiko-led blend; older 20 and 25-year aged bottlings available occasionally.
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 · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Long-aged Vinsanto: 12 years in oak gives oxidative depth, dried fruit and walnut character with persistent acidity.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Two-decade oak-aged Vinsanto with deep oxidative complexity, candied orange and saffron lift. A long-aged PDO Vinsanto.
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.
Gaia Vinsanto
4.6
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Long-aged Gaia Vinsanto: oxidative depth with caramel, walnut and dried-fig core lifted by Santorini's high natural acidity.
Gavalas Vinsanto
4.4
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Gavalas PDO Vinsanto: sun-dried Assyrtiko-led blend with caramel and dried-fruit depth, high-acid lift.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Long-aged cooperative Vinsanto. Twelve years in oak yields oxidative toffee and walnut depth with persistent acid.
Dessert · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Festive · Fruity
Cooperative entry-tier PDO Vinsanto. Dried apricot and honey with high acidity preserving lift.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Venetsanos PDO Vinsanto from the restored Megalochori cliff cellar. Long oak ageing produces oxidative caramel and dried-fruit depth.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Volcan Wines PDO Vinsanto: long oak-aged Santorini sweet wine from the historic Vothonas cellar.
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.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Festive · Romantic
Caravaglio's organic Malvasia delle Lipari Passito captures the pure floral-honeyed character of the grape from the Malfa area on Salina's northern slope, with a distinctive volcanic mineral dimension and slightly more freshness than the Hauner style.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Festive · Romantic
Ben Ryé (Arabic for 'son of the wind') is Donnafugata's flagship Passito di Pantelleria DOC: sun-dried Zibibbo from the alberello pantesco vines on the volcanic island, exported widely through Donnafugata's international distribution since the 1990s.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Refreshing · Festive
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.
Off Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Fruity
Lighea blends Zibibbo's heady Muscat-like perfume with native white grapes in a delicately off-dry aromatic style: floral, peachy, with balancing acidity that keeps it from cloying.
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.
Medium Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Festive · Contemplative
The Targa Riserva 1840 is Florio's ambassador wine: a Marsala Superiore Riserva of medium-sweet richness, aged 5-plus years in the historic cellars, balancing caramelised dried-fruit complexity with the freshness of Grillo.
Medium Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Refreshing · Festive
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.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Festive · Romantic
Hauner's Malvasia delle Lipari Passito is the benchmark for this rare Aeolian appellation: sun-dried Malvasia di Lipari producing a wine of extraordinary floral complexity, apricot sweetness and the distinctive volcanic mineral character of the island of Salina.
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.
Medium Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Festive
De Bartoli's 10-year Marsala Superiore Riserva is produced with minimal fortification compared to standard Marsala, preserving more natural character from the Grillo grape: the result is lighter in oxidative weight than the Vergine range but more genuinely grape-expressive than industrial Marsala.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Festive · Easygoing
De Bartoli's Marsala Superiore Riserva Oro is an approachable 5-year expression: lighter oxidative weight than the 10-year Riserva but with the estate's characteristic Grillo purity and a golden-almond character that bridges the aperitivo and dessert register.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Vigna La Miccia is De Bartoli's single-vineyard Marsala Superiore Oro: more approachable and lighter in oxidative weight than the Riserva, produced from a specific Grillo plot near Samperi with fresher fruit character.
Medium Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Festive
Pellegrino's 10-year Marsala Superiore Riserva is a showcase for the family-owned house's century-long expertise: 10 years of barrel ageing develop extraordinary complexity of dried fruit, coffee and roasted nut character.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Refreshing · Festive
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.
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 · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Festive · Romantic
Capofaro's Malvasia delle Lipari Passito is produced at the Salina estate, with terrace vines on the island's north slope facing the active volcano Stromboli across the channel. The Tasca d'Almerita team applies modern winemaking precision to the passito style with clean, precise floral-honeyed concentration and the distinctive volcanic mineral signature of Salina.
Sweet · Rustic · Contemplative
Sweet · Elegant · Contemplative
Sweet · Funky · Contemplative
Sweet · Elegant · Fruity
Sweet · Elegant · Contemplative
Sweet · Fruity · Easygoing
Sweet · Elegant · Fruity
Sweet · Rustic · Contemplative
Sweet · Elegant · Contemplative
Sweet · Rustic · Contemplative
Sweet · Rustic · Easygoing
Sweet · Elegant · Rustic
Sweet · Elegant · Fruity
Sweet · Fruity · Easygoing
Sweet · Contemplative · Elegant
Sweet · Elegant · Contemplative
Sweet · Elegant · Contemplative
Sweet · Fruity · Elegant
Sweet · Elegant · Fruity
Sweet · Elegant · Festive
Sweet · Rustic · Contemplative
Sweet · Elegant · Contemplative
Sweet · Elegant · Fruity
Sweet · Elegant · Contemplative
Dry · Refreshing · Festive
Sweet · Rustic · Easygoing
Sweet · Elegant · Festive
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Sweet · Elegant · Contemplative
Sweet · Easygoing · Fruity
Sweet · Contemplative · Elegant
Sweet · Elegant · Contemplative
Sweet · Elegant · Contemplative
Sweet · Elegant · Contemplative
Sweet · Elegant · Contemplative
Sweet · Elegant · Contemplative
Sweet · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Cult Vin Santo from raisined Sangiovese (Prugnolo Gentile), 10+ years oxidative ageing in small caratelli barrels.
Sweet · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Capezzana's flagship Vin Santo from raisined Trebbiano and San Colombano, 8 to 10 years in caratelli.
Sweet · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Traditional Vin Santo del Chianti Classico from Le Fonti, raisined grapes aged 10 years in caratelli.
Off Dry · Light-bodied · Medium acidity · Festive · Elegant
Rich and aromatic expression from the 107-ha Cartizze grand cru hill. Bisol's long tenure on the hill and multi-generational vine stock give this off-dry sparkler a layered complexity unusual in Prosecco.
Off Dry · Light-bodied · Medium acidity · Easygoing · Refreshing
Extra Dry in Prosecco parlance is slightly sweeter (12-17 g/l residual sugar) than Brut. Relio is a soft, fruit-forward style with rounded acidity, suited to lighter food pairings and aperitivo moments.
Off Dry · Light-bodied · Medium acidity · Fruity · Easygoing
Bandarossa (red ribbon) is a fruitier, more aromatic Extra Dry than Senior. Designed for pairing with fruit-forward desserts and aromatic preparations, it expresses the warmer side of Valdobbiadene's Glera.
Off Dry · Light-bodied · Medium acidity · Festive · Elegant
Col Vetoraz is uniquely positioned above Santo Stefano at the edge of the Cartizze hill, giving its Cartizze expression exceptional altitude and south-facing exposure. The result is an opulent, aromatic Cartizze with great aromatic intensity and length.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Romantic · Contemplative
Dal Forno's sweet Recioto applies the same barrique-and-concentration philosophy: deep, almost port-like sweetness balanced by the estate's signature tannin structure.
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.
Sweet · Full-bodied · High acidity · Festive · Contemplative
San Zeno is Fasoli Gino's Recioto di Soave DOCG, made from dried organic Garganega grapes. Organic farming preserves the grape's natural concentration and flavour integrity through drying. The result is a rich, golden sweet wine of exceptional aromatic purity.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Romantic
The sweet passito counterpart to Quintarelli's Amarone: residual sugar balanced by firm tannins and high acidity producing a luscious yet structured dessert red with decades-long ageing potential.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Romantic · Contemplative
Begali's Recioto is made from the same Ca' Bianca old-vine fruit as the Amarone, with the fermentation arrested before dryness; the result is a luscious, chocolate-cherry sweet red with firm tannic structure.
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 · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A passito-style dessert wine from Vicenza revived by Fausto Maculan in 1974. Vespaiola grapes are harvested late and dried on twisted cords (torcolato means 'twisted') for months before pressing. The result is a wine of high intensity, with botrytis-influenced apricot honey character balanced by the grape's naturally high acidity.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Festive · Elegant
Miele (honey) is Monte Tondo's Recioto di Soave DOCG, a rare sweet wine from appassimento-dried Garganega grapes. Recioto di Soave predates Soave's dry style and is considered the original historic wine of the Soave hills. Monte Tondo's version captures honey, dried apricot and candied citrus balanced by the grape's naturally high acidity.
Off Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Festive
A single-hill Cartizze grand cru expression from the Stecca parcel, with richer fruit, honeyed florality and greater complexity than the standard Rustico, yet retaining the hallmark lightness of the hill.
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.
Off Dry · Light-bodied · Medium acidity · Festive · Elegant
Ruggeri's Cartizze expression from the storied 107-hectare grand cru hill. Off-dry and aromatic with richer fruit and honey than the standard Valdobbiadene range, showing the concentration that the south-facing Cartizze slopes produce.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Romantic · Contemplative
Speri's Le Bine de Jago Recioto represents the traditional sweet red wine of Valpolicella before Amarone became dominant; the fermentation-arrested fruit preserves Corvina's characteristic high acidity beneath the luscious chocolate-cherry sweetness.
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.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Romantic · Festive
Tommasi's Recioto Classico is made from the highest-selected Corvina and Corvinone bunches from the family's San Pietro in Cariano vineyards; chocolate-cherry and raisin sweetness balanced by traditional cask structure.
Sweet · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A reference wine of the Colli Euganei Fior d'Arancio DOCG (elevated to DOCG in 2010). Moscato Giallo grapes are dried (passito) on bamboo racks in the volcanic Euganean Hills; the intensely floral and orange-scented result is distinctive within Italian sweet wine.
Medium Sweet · Light-bodied · Medium acidity · Festive · Elegant
Villa Sandi's Cartizze Dry is at the sweeter end of the Cartizze spectrum (17-32 g/l residual sugar). The grand cru hill's concentration of sunny exposure and south-facing slopes amplifies fruit ripeness into ripe peach and mango territory.
Aphros Silenus
4.7
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Festive
Aphros' single-variety Vinhão traditional-method sparkling: red cherry, pomegranate and brioche over a saline lift, Demeter-certified biodynamic. The rare native-red sparkling done seriously.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Festive · Elegant
Soalheiro's traditional-method rosé sparkling: Pinot Noir-Alvarinho blend with wild strawberry and rose petal over a saline lift and creamy mousse.
Dry · Refreshing · Easygoing
Dry · Refreshing · Rustic
Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
Light Steinfeder or Federspiel Grüner Veltliner from the Schneeweiß estate in the Salzstadl; bright apple-and-pepper character for fresh everyday enjoyment.
Dry · Festive · Refreshing
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Loibenberg Riesling Smaragd from the Mautern-based Hutter estate: apricot blossom and lime with chalk-mineral character from south-bank terroir.
Dry · Refreshing · Easygoing
Dry · Refreshing · Easygoing
Dry · Refreshing · Rustic