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Tsiakkas winery, Commandaria, Desert Wine, Cyprus

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Tsiakkas winery, Commandaria, Desert Wine, Cyprus

Tsiakkas winery, Commandaria, Desert Wine, Cyprus

Almost any country can grow grapes and make wine good wine on the other hand is harder to make, cypress can make flipping good wine as this Commandaria, desert wine from Tsiakkas winery shows. It’s a deep rich colour with the aromas of citrus, apricot, dried figs and raisins which follows through into the flavours and is joined with a toffee undernote. There’s definite sweetness which sticks to the mouth but isn’t sickly, it is quite fantastic.

We sit on its own and had it with cheese which was just magical. An amazing dessert wine that I’d be happy to drink the rest of my life.

Bouvet Ladubay, Coteaux Du Layon 2013, Loire Valley, France

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Desert Wine, this is a desert wine in a full size bottle, its christmas and all things seem good by the end of this bottle. I like desert wine very much, just sipping it, tasting all those rich flavours.

This has aromas of ripe pineapple, lychee and and heavy thick texture that helps those flavours which are added to by condensed citrus and honey.

This is a little lighter than you may get from a traditional desert wine buts its really rather good and at under £10 a bottle, great value.

Bouvet Ladubay, Coteaux Du Layon 2013, Loire Valley, France

Bouvet Ladubay, Coteaux Du Layon 2013, Loire Valley, France

‘Fernao de Magalhaes’, Moscatel, Portugal

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I do like a half decent desert wine. Fortunately this is one of them.

It’s a light, fruit driven wine with aromas of honey and stone fruit that’s been baked. There a additional flavours of raisins and a nuttiness in the background. It’s the lightness I really like especially with the cooked fruit and ice-cream that we had with it. This got a couple of silver medals and it’s well deserved.

At about £8 a bottle is very good value.

'Fernao de Magalhaes' Moscatel

‘Fernao de Magalhaes’ Moscatel

 

Sticky – New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc desert wine

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I am a fan of desert wines, sip on their own or have with, well desert, they give that warm, sweet happy feeling. I accept that those feelings could be caused by all the other alcohol drunk earlier in the evening.

Thereare a few excellent desert wines coming from Australia and New Zealand, the Ned, D’arenberg and De Bortoli, who produced a Decanter gold medal winner under the Tesco Finest label a few years ago.

This Sauvignon Blanc from Waihopai Valley is similar to D’arenberg’s Stump Jump Sticky Chardonnay. The grapes have been allowed to hang on the vine for longer allowing them to really ripen and suffer from Botrytis for extra sweetness. There are aromas and flavours of honey, citrus and apricot. The acidity is high but is wonderfully balanced, never drink too much, just sip and enjoy. At £16 for 500ml its very good value.

Sticky - New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc desert wine

Sticky – New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc desert wine

Grasa De Cortinari – Romanian sweet wine

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Asda won a gold medal for its very cheap,    £5.25, Romanian Wine Atlas Fetească Regală at this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards, so Romania can produce excellent wine. The bottle states aromas of dried apricots and beeswax and flavours of raisins and almonds. A wine made with noble rot, that can age and has unique style. Aromas are off with the bees, flavours as big as a bee and sweetness the size of Mount Olympus. You just get sweetness. Passable with a Chinese takeaway but avoid is the best I can say.

Grasa Cortinari - Romanian sweet wine

Grasa De Cortinari – Romanian sweet wine

Alta vista Torrontes 2007 desert wine

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Argentina desert wine can be extremely delish. Salta in the north is the  the home Torrontes and this is a fine example of what is produced by a first class outfit. There are aromas of peach, melon and honey. The same comes through in the taste although more melon and honey.

Personally I prefer it on its own, just lovely.

vista Torrontes 2007 desert wine

Alta Vista Torrontes 2007 desert wine