Sweeter Wine (all sizes)

From the kings of Roussillon dessert wines, candied peel of orange and lemon, some floral touches, honey and barley sugar. Good acidity, lots of rich fruit, zesty, pithy, with lots of character and richness.

This is a wonderful bargain, filled with stewed apples and pears, some honeyed notes and then just a touch of caramel. In the mouth there is plenty of richly layered fruit, with just enough acidity to balance the depth of sweetness that flows through on the finish.

A very attractive vintage of this excellent value 'second wine' of Rieussec. A lighter Sauternes, but it has all the classic waxy honey and dried apricot, with a fresh edge of pineapple and mango.

The 2015 is the current vintage, released in 2019, as while the ageing is short compared to Gilette, it still spends two years in vat and one year in bottle before making its way to market. Unoaked, from 8.5ha of vines that are in a separate part of Preignac from the walled vineyard of Gil...(read more)

OMG. This is amazing. This is the new 2001. Incredible purity of botrytis and ripeness. Full-on. So driven and precise. Full-bodied, very sweet and electrified. Pineapple jam and mangoes — endless tropical fruits. This ends very clean and is almost tannic on the finish. A truly great Saute...(read more)

Perfect drinking this Christmas as it was last - when mentioned by Neil Bennett in the London daily, City AM - 'This year I’m recommending a 2010 Chateau Rieussec. Rieussec sits right next door to the fabled Chateau d’Yquem and benefits from all the Rothschild’s wine-making knowledge. This...(read more)

Bright old gold. Much 'younger' than the 2004 tasted alongside, richer too. Very fine and fresh despite great weight. Long future. (Tasted in a vertical at the Château, April 2010)

Delicious, rich but balanced an intense style of White Port beautifully made this makes a wonderful aperitif - As featured by Kate Goodman on the BBC Food and Drink programme Monday, 11th March, 2013.

Heart-warming, fig, toasted almond and black moscatel raisin sweet, northeastern Victoria sticky; cold winter nights love this.

The 2017 Carmes de Rieussec is dazzling. Here, too, the winemaking team captured a striking balance of richness and energy. Most second wines from Sauternes these days are light and floral. The Carmes has plenty of those qualities, but it is far from an easygoing Sauternes; rather it packs...(read more)

Mas Amiel are rightly famous for their Vin doux naturel wines, where they arrest the fermentation with the addition of some grape spirit, leaving a wine akin to young port. This has distinct prune, molasses, woodland fruits and rich chocolate notes. The bite of tannin brings something diff...(read more)

90% Semillon, 5% Sauvignon Blanc and 5% Muscadelle; barrel-fermented and aged for 18 months. Cerons sits next to Sauternes and shares much in common (apart from the fame and the price tags) but this has a lighter touch, with citrus lemon touches.