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, South Africa and Australia.
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 a steep, grassed vineyard beside Quarts de Chaume and near the river, so open to botrytis;...
OriginFrance
RegionLoire
ColourWhite
ABV11.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeFOR216
GrapeChenin Blanc
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From dried grapes and aged in wood: oranges, candied fruits and caramel with a lively lick of...
OriginItaly
RegionPiedmont
ColourWhite
ABV13.5%
Half Bottle37.5cl
CodeARA314
GrapeMuscat
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La Haute Borie, Monbazillac, 2014
Sweet, Rich
Organically farmed and certified: 60% Semillon, 30% Muscadelle and 10% Sauvignon Blanc, all...
OriginFrance
RegionSouth-West
ColourWhite
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
CodeHBO114
GrapeSemillon
Entrancing, expansive aromas; tropical fruit and honeyed botrytis. Such sweet, ripe fruit,...
OriginGermany
RegionNahe
ColourWhite
ABV8.5%
Bottle37.5cl
CodeDON411
GrapeRiesling
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In the medium dry, "Moelleux" style, a gloriously exotic aperitif, or a rich...
OriginFrance
RegionSouth-West
ColourWhite
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
CodeBAJ718
GrapeGros Manseng
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90% Sémillon, 6% Sauvignon Blanc, 4% Muscadelle skillfully sourced by Ginestet from a Cru...
OriginFrance
RegionBordeaux
ColourWhite
ABV13%
Bottle50cl
CodeMPG215
GrapeSemillon
![Begali, Recioto della Valpolicella, 2015 [50cl]](https://www.stonevine.co.uk/media/images/uploaded/products/1734/BEF615.725.thumb.png)
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Begali, Recioto della Valpolicella, 2015 [50cl]
Sweet, Rich
Red Recioto della Valpolicella is made after careful late picking of ripe bunches (of Corvina...
OriginItaly
RegionVeneto
ColourRed
ABV13.5%
Bottle50cl
CodeBEF615
GrapeCorvina
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The second wine of Château Rieussec, named after the Carmes de Langon monks who owned the...
OriginFrance
RegionBordeaux
ColourWhite
ABV13.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeCMR111
GrapeSemillon Sauvignon
From 81.5% Chenin Blanc and 18.5% Viognier dried on straw in the Italian passito manner to...
OriginSouth Africa
RegionCoastal Region
ColourWhite
ABV9.5%
Bottle37.5cl
CodeRUS919
GrapeChenin Blanc & Viognier
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This Recioto di Soave is made from bunches of a selection of the first picked - for the best...
OriginItaly
RegionVeneto
ColourWhite
ABV15%
Half Bottle37.5cl
CodeMAI618
GrapeGargenega
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This Deuxième Grand Cru Classé estate is on the up: Seville oranges, dried apricots and...
OriginFrance
RegionBordeaux
ColourWhite
ABV13.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeBRO113
GrapeSemillon
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We couldn't resist buying a pile of this amazing sweet Tokay. From a star producer, just...
OriginHungary
RegionTokaj
ColourWhite
ABV9%
Half Bottle37.5cl
CodeBAM313
GrapeZeta
