What are dessert wines, and how are they made differently?
Here’s how you can enjoy a sweet wine
If you’re looking for a little tipple after dinner, sipping on a good quality dessert wine feels luxurious and can be the perfect way to wrap up your meal.
With a load of different types of dessert wine to suit your taste, they sweet to super sweet, but they’re the ultimate way to finish off your dinner.
Let’s explore some of the different dessert wines that are good for your after-dinner treat.
Here’s how you can enjoy a sweet wine
Just like other wines, there are so many ways to enjoy the flavour of these wines.
There are so many ways you can enjoy sweet wines:
- As a replacement for a dessert
- Accompaniment by your dessert
- Add them to recipes
- Mix with ice cream or cream
- Add a dash to your coffee
Types of dessert wine:
There are many different dessert wines…
- Lightly sweet dessert wine
- Richly sweet dessert wine
- Noble rot
- Fortified dessert wines
Rotten grapes taste better!
Did you know, dessert wines are mostly made from grapes that have been fermented for even longer? Dessert wines are late-harvest grapes that have been left for a much longer time than regular wines.
An iconic Hunter Valley dessert wine
The Hunter Valley is home to heaps of famous wines, but DeBortoli’s Noble One is a strong favourite among many! This iconic dessert wine is perhaps the most famous one to emerge from the Hunter Valley. This syrupy creation is well-renowned for it’s rich texture and stone fruit flavour.
The family at DeBortoli created this famous wine in 1982. Almost 4 decades later, and they’ve positively taken the world by storm
Internationally acclaimed Noble One is still one of the most internationally recognised wines in the world.
Tasting notes: Dates, stone fruit, with a rich and heavy texture.
Top tip: Drizzle your dessert wine over ice cream, or pour a little in your coffee!