Gifts for Wine Lovers

Dessert, Fortified & Fruit Wine by Ch?teau d'Yquem from Sauternes and Barsac, France - Bordeaux. The history of Yquem (like its wine) keeps a mystery even today. If the vineyard has been existing for a long time, the present castle is rather quite recent (the oldest parts date from the...

Dessert, Fortified & Fruit Wine by Ch?teau d'Yquem from Sauternes and Barsac, France - Bordeaux. Wonderful aromas of pineapple, apple and lemon, with loads of botrytis. Full-bodied, but very refined, superfresh and racy. Goes on and on. Fabulous. Incredible purity and brightness. Like a...

Dessert, Fortified & Fruit Wine by Chateau Rieussec from Sauternes and Barsac, France - Bordeaux. 2005 was marked by drought. Only 127 mm of rain fell during the winter, and following a month of April with some more rain (129 mm), the dry weather began again at the end of May. The summer...

Dessert, Fortified & Fruit Wine by Ch. Coutet from Sauternes and Barsac, France - Bordeaux. Spice, dried pineapple, honey and light apricot aromas, like freshly crushed grapes. Full-bodied and very sweet, with masses of crushed fruit character and a long finish. Best after 2010. -Wine Spectator Medium yellow. Deeply pitched aromas of honey, orange and fresh apricot, with a suggestion of candied sweetness and some spicy oak. Rich, sweet and wonderfully pure, with a nectar-like quality to its flavors of overripe peach, orange and spices. Plenty of botrytis character here. This boasts an exhilarating chewy texture and superb aromatic persistence. Today this is a fruit bomb, but it's still an infant. Its superb inner-palate energy suggests that it will evolve very slowly and last well. Promises to be a great vintage for this chateau. -International Wine Cellar 91-94

Dessert, Fortified & Fruit Wine by Chateau Guiraud from Sauternes and Barsac, France - Bordeaux. The wine is great, complex, and exuberant. We feel very fine aromas of crystallized orange, exotic, mentholated, and few notes of ginger. The noble rot was very beautiful this vintage, the botrytis...

Dessert, Fortified & Fruit Wine by Chateau Lafaurie-Peyraguey from Sauternes and Barsac, France - Bordeaux. 90% Semillon, 8% Sauvignon, 2% Muscadelle

Dessert, Fortified & Fruit Wine by Chateau Clos Haut Peyraguey from Sauternes and Barsac, France - Bordeaux. Mid-gold color. Possessing a developed, cheesy, nose. Very, very sweet, amazingly so. Some miracle has been performed here. Very round and charming but with a very long finish too. This wine...

Dessert, Fortified & Fruit Wine by Ch?teau de Rayne Vigneau from Sauternes and Barsac, France - Bordeaux. Good pale yellow. High-toned aromas of peach, pineapple and licorice, along with a whiff of bug spray. Pineapple and citrus flavors offer modest flesh and show a slight dry edge. Not bad, but could use more thrust and length. Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar 86-88 points Spicy honey and apricot character. Medium-bodied and medium sweet, with a good finish. Better for this estate than in 2003. Wine Spectator Barrel Tasting, Score range: 85-88

Dessert, Fortified & Fruit Wine by Chateau Rieussec from Sauternes and Barsac, France - Bordeaux. A blend of 95% Semillon, 3% Sauvignon Blanc and 2% Muscadelle. 2005 was marked by drought. Only 127 mm of rain fell during the winter, and following a month of April with some more rain (129...

Dessert, Fortified & Fruit Wine by Jaboulet from Rhone, France - Rhone. Crystal clear color with golden reflections. Exceptionally intense bouquet, with aromas of peach, grape, apricot, mango and lychee. Full, velvety, sweet. Perfect balance between sugar-alcohol-acidity. Gives the impression of biting into a freshly picked Muscat grape. Food Match: foie gras, desserts.

Dessert, Fortified & Fruit Wine by Chateau Rieussec from Sauternes and Barsac, France - Bordeaux.

Dessert, Fortified & Fruit Wine by Chateau d'Arche from Sauternes and Barsac, France - Bordeaux. The 2005 vintage is an elegant wine with good concentration. The nose is both complex and harmonious with a dominance of apricot, orange peel and exotic fruit. On the palate, this wine is very...