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Omg what an exciting wine.....only 100 bottles made and this one is 90 years old!!! Tar like colour and substance. Incredible dark colour with close to oarnge rim. The smell is just enormous with lost of burnt prunes, figues, mocca, earl grey tea, walnut and sweet coffee. Just incredible. The taste starts off sweet but ends with a wonderful acidity and balance. This is just an enormous wine, just amazing stuff. Valdespino "Moscatel Toneles" 1925 Jerez

This is sweet white from Soave. 100% hand-harvested Garganega grapes from the heart of the Soave region. The ripest bunches are put in small wooden cases and brought to the "fruttaio" where they are hang in special nets. During the following period (called appissemento) the imperfect grapes are removed before the dried grapes are pressed and fermented the following March. The result is a golden colored sweet white with a lovely perfume of apricots, honey, nuts and spices. The taste is sweet with a lively acidity and great balance. A delicious and seldom dessert wine (or blue cheese). Recioto di Soave Le Sponde 2007 Coffele in Soave Ca 25€ for 50 cl

Left over Xmas chocolate with Recioto from Valpolicella is just a wonderful combination. Sweet cherries on the nose and a velvety slightly sugary taste. Best if served slightly cold. Lots of fruit in this wine and perhaps less dry fruit than other Recioto's. Recioto della Valpolicella 2008,  Great with chocolate and chocolate desserts and cakes. Ca 20€ for 500 ml bottles.

Sweet white wine that is 24 years old! Not an everyday wine. Very slow to open up. At first I was convinced it was bad, it smelled funny although the taste was alright. After a while however it opened up in the glass and turned out to be a decent surprise. If you want Sauternes this is one of the top Chateau's but at a reasonable price compared to some of the other high performing ones. Ch Suduiraut 1988, Sauternes 1989 still exists in the shop Ca 70€ a bottle of the very old ones

This is a wonderful dessert wine based on Riesling. The nose is complex with hint of petroleum, minerals, lime and exotic fruits. The balance is fabulous with a perfect match between sweetness and acidity. Lovely stuff! Selbach-Oster 2005 Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese I just love sweet white wines...

Got this at a wine tasting back in May. Still going strong with lovely petroleum smell although 22 years old. Impressive balanced taste as well. Riesling 1990, Rheingau Can keep very very long

This is the basic version of the Domaine Cauhape sweet white. Harvested as the name says in October and made from Gros (70%) and Petit Manseng grapes. Pale colour. A seductive sweet nose of exotic fruit and a beautiful long light and wonderfully balanced acidity. It is sweet but it does not feels too sweet thanks to the lovely acidity. Domaine Cauhape 2010, Jurancon A delicious swet wine at 12€ a bottle. Also tasted at the domaine was the astonishing "Noblesse du Temps" 2010 made from 100% Petit Manseng. Fantastic concentration and length. 28€.

You have friends and then you have friends with fantastic wines. What can I say Michel? Home made Foie Gras and 1968 d'Yquem? A truly lavish wine of extraordinary complexity. Rich, hugely extracted, with masses of fat and glycerin. Plenty of over-ripe tropical fruits, sweet abricot and honey. Wonderful astonishing length.  Subtle oak which is well-integrated on the palate with layers of ripe peaches and melon with a pure and lingering finish. Just wooonderful! Time just stood still.... Ch. d'Yquem 1968, Sauternes The 1989 will cost you 430 £....

This is the second wine of Ch Suduiraut. Lovely botrytis smell and great sweetness with balanced acidity. Deep golden yellow colour reflecting a warm vintage. Lots of tropical fruit on the nose. Great finish with excellent smoothness. Castelnau de Suduiraut 2003, Sauternes Perfect with foie gras...

Port wine is not only for old ladies. This Late Bottled Vintage (LBV) can be drunk young or stored. Great smell of cherries, chocolate and ribena. Fresh sweet fruity taste. Lovely stuff with blue cheese or chocolate desserts. Niepoort LBV 2007, Porto Very much Xmas stuff...

This is a lovely red wine that goes with chocolate, chocolate cakes and desserts. Perfect meditation wine for Xmas and Easter. Sweet dark cherries on the nose with a sweet taste with a long balanced acidity. Very seductive indeed. Serve slightly chilled. Recioto della Valpolicella 2006, Accordini, NOK 250 for a 500ml bottle. Perfect chocolate wine.

I was served this white Recioto with the dessert at the restaurant De 4 Roser in Harstad the other day and what a lovely wine. Plenty of abricot, nutty and floral bouqet and a wonderful sweet taste with great acidity. 230 NOK or 15€ for a 50cl bottle. The grape is 100% Garganega. Perfect for Xmas! Recioto di Soave "Le Sponde", delicious stuff  

Xmas is approaching with advent calendar and lots of chocolate. A great wine with chocolate or chocolate dessert is a sweet red wine. In Valpolicella they dry the grapes after harvest and make two different wines out of these "raisins"; one dry red called Amarone and one sweet called Recioto. We are of course in the middle price range for such specialities, but for Xmas this is perfect. Lots of sweet cherries on the nose and a beautiful sweet lively cherry like taste. Great long taste and a good balance with slight bitter aftertaste. It's time to stock up for Xmas..... Recioto della Valpolicella, Accordini NOK 250 for 50 ml, perfect with chocolate and choco desserts.

Recioto from Valpolicella is a special sweet red wine that is perfect with chocolate or chocolate desserts. It is made out of grapes that has ben dried on the loft for months before being vinified. Yesterday at a restaurant we had chocloate mousse for dessert after a wonderful meal where white Meaursault from Jobard and Puligny Montrachet were consumed before opening a magnum Gevrey Chambertin 2005 with the venison. Magical stuff ! , but the wine moment of the evening was when a Recioto della Valpolicella by Accordini was opened and consumed with the mousse chocolat. Ah ! Sweet cherries and raisins with great acidity and cherry fruit all the way matching the dessert perfectly. Wonderful stuff! but the only bottle the restaurant had and they had had it since the opening in 2004! Recioto della Valpolicella 2001 Accordini, Veneto Unforgettable with choco!! 250 NOK or 25€ for 500ml Accordini Stefano: Recioto Classico Acinatico