About Sparkling Sweet Wine

About Sparkling Sweet Wine
Sparkling Dessert Wines are effervescent sweet fruity wines with residual sugar levels of 5% brix or higher that are not from established sparkling dessert wine categories like Italian Moscato d' Asti or Canadian Sparkling Ice Wines. American examples are usually made with a variety of muscat grapes, labeled as 'Moscato", and may include other natural flavors like citrus or berries.

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St. Clair Winery 2018 Bellissimo Sparkling Sweet Wine New Mexico
88 points
$15
Best Buy
St. Clair Winery
2018 Bellissimo Sparkling Sweet Wine New Mexico
Straw green color. Sweet aromas and flavors of honeycomb, orange blossom, peach slushie, and lilac with a satiny, vibrant, fizzy, fruity sweet light-to-medium body and a warming, breezy finish with accents of ginger ale and lemon cordial with no oak flavor. A tasty, bubbly quaffer with sweet fruit and floral aromas; a solid choice for Moscato drinkers.
88 points $15 Best Buy
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Barefoot Bubbly NV Spumante Moscato
87 points
$9.99
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Barefoot Bubbly
NV Spumante Moscato
Pale golden yellow color. Aromas of chamomile tea with honey, sliced peaches, sweet melon, and honeycrisp apple with a satiny, crisp, effervescent, fruity sweet medium body and a seamless, medium-length finish. A juicy and refreshing sweet Moscato pleaser.
87 points $9.99 Best Buy
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St Clair NV Mimbres Bubbly White Sparkling Wine New Mexico
85 points
$14
St Clair
NV Mimbres Bubbly White Sparkling Wine New Mexico
White gold color. Aromas of leafy honeysuckle vine, yeasty lemon soda bread, peach, mango, and bloomy cheese rind with a supple, crisp, spritzy, off-dry medium body and a smooth, engaging, medium-long spiced apples, lemon verbena, and watermelon finish with no oak flavor. A vivacious and well-balanced sweet sparkler with great poise and acidity.
85 points $14
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Wifey NV Sweet Cuvée Italy
85 points
$21
Wifey
NV Sweet Cuvée Italy
Pale golden straw color. Aromas and flavors of peach blossom, nectarine, and lilac with a satiny, racy, bubbly, sweet light-to-medium body and a smooth, relaxed finish that exhibits notes of pear, lemon and lime, beeswax, wet stone, lavender, and macintosh apples with no oak flavor. An orchard-fruit driven, crisp and fizzy wine for brunch, patios, and beyond.
85 points $21
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Barefoot Bubbly NV Sparkling Pink Moscato California
85 points
$9.99
Barefoot Bubbly
NV Sparkling Pink Moscato California
Amber salmon color. Aromas of honeycomb, orange flower water, and sliced sugared strawberries with a satiny, tangy, effervescent, very sweet light-to-medium body and a graceful, breezy finish. Moscato fans will be drawn to this sweet sparkler.
85 points $9.99
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Stella Rosa NV Black Cherry Flavored Wine Piedmont
84 points
$16
Stella Rosa
NV Black Cherry Flavored Wine Piedmont
Violet color. Aromas and flavors of cherry cordial and shirley temple cocktail with a satiny, tangy, sweet light-to-medium body and a sleek, brisk finish. A fun cherry soda-like wine.
84 points $16
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St Clair NV Mimbres Bubbly Pink Sparkling Wine New Mexico
84 points
$14
St Clair
NV Mimbres Bubbly Pink Sparkling Wine New Mexico
Silvery amber color. Fruity, confected aromas and flavors of watermelon sorbet, honeyed cherries and currants, cherry blossoms, and hay with a supple, crisp, effervescent, fruity sweet light-to-medium body and a sleek, medium-long finish with suggestions of berry skins and seeds, aloe, and herbal tea with fine, fruit tannins and no oak flavor. A nicely balanced sweet sparkling wine with a twist of herbs.
84 points $14
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DH Lescombes 2019 Bellissimo Sparkling Wine New Mexico
84 points
$17
DH Lescombes
2019 Bellissimo Sparkling Wine New Mexico
Medium yellow straw color. Aromas of floral essence, overripe peach, guava, and herbs with a supple, lively, fizzy, very sweet medium body and a tingling, perplexing, snappy peach flavor and lemon verbena finish with no oak flavor. A sweet fizzy sipper; try in a cocktail.
84 points $17
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Psecco NV Rosé Sparkling Wine Italy
84 points
$10
Psecco
NV Rosé Sparkling Wine Italy
Silvery amber color. Aromas of apricot jam and strawberry handpie with a supple, crisp, effervescent, sweet light body and a silky, brisk cherry sorbet finish with no oak flavor. A fruity, bubbly pleaser for your sweet tooth.
84 points $10
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St Clair NV Mimbres Bubbly Red Sparkling Wine New Mexico
83 points
$14
St Clair
NV Mimbres Bubbly Red Sparkling Wine New Mexico
Dull light garnet color. Aromas and flavors of berry, hibiscus, marigold, apple, and rice pudding with a supple, bright, spritzy, fruity sweet medium body and an even, compelling, medium-long finish displaying notes of cherry fruit leather, herbal lozenge, and earl grey tea. A nice tangy berry-flavored sweet wine with balance and snappiness.
83 points $14
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