Dessert wines

Delight your taste buds in Alsace with delicate late harvests and noble grape selections from virtuosos such as Albert Mann, Marcel Deiss, Ostertag, Trimbach, Weinbach, Zind Humbrecht... For Bordeaux wine lovers, what could be more magnificent than the botrytis on Sauternes wines, represented by the iconic Château Yquem, as well as Climens, Coutet, Fargues, Guiraud... In the south-west, discover the Jurançon wines of Dagueneau and Clos Joliette, and the sweet wines of Plageoles and Bouscasse. The Loire is the perfect region for superb, affordable dessert wines, with Quarts de Chaume from Baumard, Vouvray from Huet, Montlouis from Jacky Blot and François Chidaine, and the famous Côteaux du Layon from Patrick Baudoin and Pierre Bise. 

More confidential and rare, you might find Richard Leroy's Côteaux du Layon, Clos Rougeard's Coteaux de Saumur or Foreau's Vouvray Goutte d'Or in the Loire. In the Rhone, you might find Michel Chapoutier's Hermitage or Jean Louis Chave's vins de paille, Doisy Daene's Extravagant in Sauternes, and a few foreign wines such as Hungary's fabulous Tokaji or Egon Muller's German riesling Trockenbeerenauslese Scharzhofberger, the perfect accompaniment to your sweet tooth.