Sauternes and Dessert Wines

sauternes and dessert winessauternes has an intense, ambrosial sweetness which will sprinkle stardust on anyoccasion; sauternes can turn a meal into a feast.yields are always tiny, however, so they are never likely to be cheap. if you wantsomething that is deliciously similar but less expensive we recommend our monbazillacfrom domaine fonmourgues, which comes from bordeaux’s next door neighbour,bergerac. voluptuous and intensely sweet this is particularly good value.price/bottlevat inclprice/dozenvat exclmonbazillac fonmourgues 2003 12.33 125.88domaine vidalthis has been aged in wood and it is wonderful: voluptuous and intensely sweet with justas much oak as is necessary to hold it all together. good monbazillac is a worthychallenger to sauternes and this wine is the equal of any of them except perhaps the veryfinest and it is considerably cheaper.château manos 2003/2005 15.63 159.60cadillacfrom the small commune of cadillac, which lies within the larger entre-deux-mers region,château manos turns out a delightful wine which has a muted, rather than full volumesweetness. the acidity is harmonious and well balanced, making it the perfect wine for theoccasions when a full bodied sauternes of monbazillac might be too powerful for theflavour of the food.château broustet 2002 30.56 312.122nd growth, barsaca small estate which in a fine year like 2001 produces wines with wonderful depth andintensity. luxuriously sweet with mature underlying acidity, this is a top wine frombroustet.château suduiraut 1999 34.06 347.881 st growth sauternesgloriously rich, ripe and honied, with a fresh balancing acidity that should ensure that itages well. part of suduiraut’s vineyards abut onto those of d’yquem and it is nowamongst the top elite of sauternes.

château rieussec 2003/2004 35.46 362.161st growth sauternespowerful and honied, with deep marmalade and barley sugar sweetness, this superb winehas a lovely underlying mature acidity.château la tour blanche 2001 41.34 422.161st growth sauternesrich, concentrated and intense, with a ravishing peach and pineapple sweetness, this is oneof the very finest wines in what is the finest vintage for many years.