Lightly Sweet
Dessert Wines
Intenseley aromatic and flavours, these wines are mildly sweet and balanced by a pleasant, crisp acidity. Even if you don’t have a sweet tooth, you’ll love them. These are a light, value alternative to Icewine and Sauternes.
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Wine 101
Dessert wines are made from very ripe red or white grapes. Once fermentation has taken place, a large amout of unfermented sugar remains, making the finished wine naturally sweet.
You may taste
peach, apple, citrus, mineral notes (white);
strawberry, cherry, tangy raspberry (red)
Great examples
Late Harvest Riesling, Cabernet Franc and Vidal ONTARIO
Spätlese and Auslese GERMANY
Sip them with
mild blue cheese, fruit, cheesecake (red or white)
crab, lobster (white)
