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End Of The Road Winery

End Of The Road Winery
2022 White Tranquility, Top Of The Mitt

Pair this wine with:
Cheese

Category: Sweet Wine

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 13.5% RS: 6%
Bronze Medal
Recommended
$18

End Of The Road Winery
2022 White Tranquility, Top Of The Mitt

Pair this wine with:
Cheese

Category: Sweet Wine

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 13.5% RS: 6%
Golden straw color. Sulfurous aromas and flavors of hard boiled eggs, rubber and matches, dried nectarine, and Elmer’s glue with a silky, bright, fruity sweet light-to-medium body and a smooth, breezy finish with nuances of melon sorbet, apple sauce, raw broccoli, and nut skin with no oak flavor. A smoky, sweet wine for funky cheeses.

Tasting Info

Wine Glass Style: Fruity, Juicy & Smooth, New World & Non-Oaky
Aroma Aroma: hard boiled eggs, rubber and matches, dried nectarine, and Elmer's glue
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with nuances of melon sorbet, apple sauce, raw broccoli, and nut skin
Sweetness Sweetness: Fruity
Enjoy Enjoy: Now with food
Recipes Pairing: Blue Cheese, Baked Goat Cheese en Croute, Mixed Berries
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A smoky, sweet wine for funky cheeses.

The Producer

End of the Road Winery

The Producer

Sweet Wine

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Serve in a Copita
A dessert wine is just that, a wine made strictly to pair with desserts at the end of a meal. Dessert wines are sweet wines; while many are naturally sweet, some are sweetned through the addition of grape must.

Famous dessert wines include Sauternes from France’s Bordeaux region, Rutherglen Muscat from Australia and vendages tardives (“late picked”) from France’s Alsace region. Germany also produces many famous dessert wines, ranging from Spatlese to Eiswein (made from frozen grapes).

Dessert wines from Italy include Vin Santo, Recioto di Soave and Recioto di Valpolicella. While some dessert wines have alcohol in the 12-14% range, others such as Moscato d’Asti from Piedmont in northern Italy are very low in alcohol (5.5%).

Dessert wines can accompany certain specific foods, especially cakes, almond tortes and fruit tarts; however, Sauternes and foie gras is a classic pairing.

While some lighter dessert wines such as Moscato d’Asti or Brachetto d’Acqui are meant for consumption upon release, others such as Sauternes or Auslese from Germany can age for decades, thanks to their high natural sugar concentration.