Sweet Wines
We love sweet wine, and there’s no old-fashioned snobbish disdain here for wines with engaging sweetness.
Our own taste is for sweet wines which retain enough acidity not to be simply cloying. For example we continue to champion wines from the Loire, where late harvest Chenin Blancs can be intensely sweet yet with enough balancing acidity to last for decades. Alongside these we will always offer a selection from Bordeaux and south-west France, plus examples from Italy, Austria and Hungary.
Note that there are numerous delicious medium-dry or demi-sec styles - for example Alsace Vendange Tardive, German Auslese or demi-sec Vouvray which are not rich enough to be served as sweet wines acompanying a pudding but which make fine aperitifs or accompaniments to cheese and light fruit desserts.
Please do note the bottle sizes of sweet wines which range from halves via 50cls. (2/3 of a bottle) to full bottles.
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From one plot of 75 year old vines of Grenache Noir. This style of Vin Doux Naturel (literally...
OriginFrance
RegionRoussillon
ColourRed
ABV17%
Bottle75cl
CodeFON620
GrapeGrenache
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The second wine of Lafaurie-Peyraguey, a Grand Cru Classe of the Sauternes with 18 hectares of...
OriginFrance
RegionBordeaux
ColourWhite
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
CodeCLP119
GrapeSemillon, Sauvignon Blanc & Muscadelle
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Chateau Barrere, Jurancon Moelleux, 2014
Medium sweet
A blend of 70% Petit Manseng and 30% Gros Manseng from Jurancon in South West France. Floral...
OriginFrance
RegionJurancon
ColourWhite
ABV13.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeBRR114
GrapePetit Manseng & Gros Manseng
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Chateau de Toulet, Loupiac, 2022
Medium Sweet
Toulet has been producing sweet wines since the 13th century and for the last five generations...
OriginFrance
RegionBordeaux
ColourWhite
ABV12%
Bottle75cl
CodeTOU122
GrapeSemillon & Sauvignon Blanc
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It’s not as well known as it should be that the vineyards around the Neusiedlersee represent...
OriginAustria
RegionBurgenland
ColourWhite
ABV8%
Bottle37.5cl
CodeART823
GrapeWelschriesling
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From Zeta and Furmint. Notes of honey, dates and figs with refeshing acidity and a long, long...
OriginHungary
RegionTokay
ColourWhite
ABV12.5%
Bottle50cl
CodePAJ114
GrapeZeta & Furmint
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18.75cl (quarter bottle) A golden colour greets you in the glass. Rich and intense but balanced...
OriginGermany
RegionMosel
ColourWhite
ABV7%
Bottle18.75cl
CodeDRL717
GrapeRiesling
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Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné lies between the Loire and Layon rivers. This late picked Chenin Blanc...
OriginFrance
RegionLoire
ColourWhite
ABV12%
Bottle75cl
CodeFOR622
GrapeChenin Blanc
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From a steep, grassed vineyard beside Quarts de Chaume and near the river, so open to botrytis;...
OriginFrance
RegionLoire
ColourWhite
ABV12.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeFOR220
GrapeChenin Blanc
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Tasting note to follow Stéphane and Séverine Branchereau are another couple who have...
OriginFrance
RegionLoire
ColourWhite
ABV11.50%
Bottle75cl
CodeFOR321
GrapeChenin Blanc
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Classic Tokaji is a thrilling wine, with seductive sweetness braced by racy acidity. These...
OriginHungary
RegionTokaj
ColourWhite
ABV12%
Bottle25cl
CodeMEG316
GrapeFurmint, Zeta & Hárslevelü
From late-picked, dried grapes and aged in wood: oranges, candied fruits and caramel with a...
OriginItaly
RegionPiedmont
ColourWhite
ABV14%
Half Bottle37.5cl
CodeARA316
GrapeMuscat