Sweet Wines
Sweet Red and White Wines
Many fine wine enthusiasts also have a sweet tooth, as excellent wine can be appreciated in much the same way as marvelous desserts. For people like this, sweet wines are often a favored choice, as they offer the best of both worlds – the silky texture and refreshing swirl of a quality wine mixed with the almost addictive, decadent sweetness of a classy dessert. Due to how our body reacts to sweets, this type of wine is excellent for improving your mood, which makes sweet wines a great choice for dates, celebrations, and similar events. For those who are particularly susceptible to its charms, sweet wine goes down almost by itself, and it can take a disciplined heart to resist its urges.There are so many rich and beautiful wines to consider that listing them all would take as long as it does for a bottle to be produced. We highly recommend Chateau d’Yquem which is a world famous wine from Sauternes. Another one of our favorites is Tokaji Aszú, an enchanting, saffron-infused blend produced from Furmint grapes, once they have been blessed by noble rot. If you have a preference for Italian masterpieces, we can wholeheartedly recommend a bottle of Recioto Della Valpolicella, a wine that is the closest thing you’ll find to drinking “grape chocolate.” The acidic properties of most grapes used for sweet wines offer a nice counterbalance to the sugary sensation, giving you a finely crafted experience to remember for the rest of your days. It’s commonly said that a glass of wine here and there improves your health, although it may be hard to stop at one with these quality blends.
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1963 Quinta Do Noval Nacional(Quinta do Noval Nacional) I had never tasted the legendary 1963 Nacional previously, and this stunningly pure and still almost youthful wine was every bit as profound as its reput..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $7,140.00 -
1967 d'Yquem100WSFrom one of the 20th century’s celebrated vintages for Yquem, this bottle stands up to all the hype--unforgettable for its purity, elegance, harmony, its ’total’ ..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $2,005.00 -
1976 d'Yquem96RPThe 1976 Yquem continues to go from strength to strength. Who can ignore the awesome bouquet of spices, honeyed fruit, pineapples, bananas, coconuts, and overripe melons? This full..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $970.00 -
1977 Fonseca100WSVintage Port doesn’t seem like the right wine in the middle of the summer but I had an Amarone producer for dinner the other night in Tuscany and he had never drunk a wine fr..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $290.00 -
1983 Fonseca92RPFonseca is one of the great port lodges, producing the most exotic and most complex port. If Fonseca lacks the sheer weight and power of a Taylor, Dow or Warre, or the opulent swee..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $95.00 -
1985 Fonseca96DECThe 1985 Fonseca is still youthful in appearance with hardly any ageing on the rim. The nose offers kirsch, sloes and Christmas cake. With time, there are subtle notes of dried fig..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $105.00 -
1985 Grahams Vintage Port96RPGraham is another great port house, producing one of the deepest-colored and sweetest styles of vintage port. Along with Taylor and Fonseca, Graham has probably been the most consi..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $115.00 -
1986 d'Yquem98RPThere is no other wine in the world like it, and there is no other luxury wine that can possibly justify its price as much as Yquem. The remarkable amount of painstaking labor nece..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $499.00 -
1988 d'Yquem99RPThe 1988 is a backward-styled Yquem, built along the lines of the extraordinary 1975. With a honeyed, smoky, orange/coconut/pineapple-scented nose, this powerful wine possesses ful..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $299.00 -
1988 Rieussec94RPThe 1988 is a great Rieussec. It is an utterly mind-blowing performance for the chateau, with a hauntingly perfect bouquet of honeyed fruit, vanillin, and spring flowers. The rich ..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $100.00 -
1989 d'Yquem100DECA remarkable, profound example of how top Sauternes wines age, with intense notes of marmalade on the nose. Although it seemed there were some hints of passerillage, Sandrine Garba..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $499.00 -
1990 CoutetThe 1990 Coutet is pale amber in color with lovely roasted nuts, crème caramel and preserved mandarin peel notes with hints of burnt toast, sandalwood, and lemon tart. The palate ..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $85.00 -
1990 d'Yquem99RP1990: An extraordinary effort, Yquem’s 1990 is a rich and fabulously superb, sweet wine. This wine also possesses lots of elegance and finesse. The wine’s medium gold c..." Learn MoreAs low as $265.00 -
1992 Fonseca98RP-HGFonseca has scored in both the 1991 and 1992 vintages. The 1992 is a majestic young port that should ultimately rival, perhaps even surpass this house’s most recent great eff..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $115.00 -
1996 d'Yquem95RPThis leans toward the tropical side, with mango and guava notes out front, while maple, date, blood orange and citrus oil flavors fill in behind. The finish kicks into another gear..." Learn MoreAs low as $225.00 -
1997 d'Yquem96RPA sensational Yquem, 1997 may be this estate’s finest effort since 1990 (although I would not discount the 1996 turning out to be nearly as good). The 1997’s light gold..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $445.00 -
1997 Fonseca93+VMNo written review provided | 95 W&SSomewhat of a lightweight for Fonseca, but undeniably charming, this dark ruby/purple-colored wine offers a floral, exotic, flamboyant bouquet, a..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $74.95 -
1997 Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port96RPA deep black inky core with deep ruby rim. The nose dose not have the definition or the ripeness of the -92 yet it is cut from the same cloth. Scents of pure blackberry, blueberry,..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $275.00 -
1998 d'Yquem95STThe 1998 Chateau Yquem was released several months ago. This estate does not allow tasting from cask (where the wine spends 42 months), and it is not released until five years afte..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $290.00 -
1998 Lupicaia93STImpenetrable ruby-black. Splendid, harmonious aromas of cassis, vanilla and mocha. Rich, dense, velvety and caressing; flavors of blackcurrant and spice. Very concentrated but with..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $130.00 -
2000 d'Yquem92WSThings were more difficult in Sauternes than in the rest of Bordeaux in the 2000 vintage, with a brilliant first picking in early October that showed all the promise of the vintage..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $580.00 -
2000 Fonseca96RPThe 2000 Fonseca continues to exude finesse and focus on the nose, with pure blackberry, juniper berries, licorice and a touch of sloes, perhaps as Adrian Bridge remarked, just beg..." Learn MoreAs low as $85.00 -
2000 Pichon Baron97RPThe best since the 1990, the 2000 Pichon-Longueville Baron is just now starting to shed some baby fat and develop additional complexity and layers. This still ruby/plum-colored bea..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $369.00 -
2001 Climens100RPA prodigious offering, the 2001 Climens’ light medium bold color with a greenish hue is followed by ethereal aromas of tropical fruits (primarily pineapple), honeysuckle, and flo..." Learn MoreAs low as $155.00 -
2001 De Fargues94-96RPThe de Fargues 2001 is consistent with its showing 12 months ago at the property. Here, it has a hedonistic, quite powerful bouquet that demands you attention with that suggestion ..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $74.95