Dessert

R.L. Buller
Victoria Tawny NV . . . . . 750ml 12.99
90/100 - Our score.
A fantastic Tawny at an unbelievably low price. Beautiful aromatics and a wonderful balance. Totally delicious and priced for everyday drinking. (Australia)

Airfield Estates
"Runway"
Yakima Valley
Late Harvest Riesling 2010 . . . . . 375ml 13.99
90+/100 - Our score.
92/100 - Wine Advocate. "The 2010 Runway Late Harvest Riesling was made with 50-60% botrytis infected fruit and finished with 15% residual sugar. Peaches, tropical fruits, honey, and botrytis aromas lead to a viscous, vibrant wine with superb natural acidity that frames the fruit brilliantly. This wine is all about pleasure; how long it will last is difficult to say but there is no rational reason to defer your gratification. By the way, it is also an outstanding value in sweet dessert wine." (Washington)

Yalumba
"Museum Reserve"
Rutherglen Muscat NV . . . . . 375ml 14.99
95/100 - Our score.
This is one of the best bottles of dessert wine that we have ever tasted - at any price! Each year, Yalumba leaves the grapes for the Museum Reserve Muscat to raisin on the vine. They are crushed and fortified with neutral spirits just before fermentation begins. The current year's crop is then aged for many years in oak puncheons before eventually being blended with older wine made in the same fashion. The end result is this multi-flavored nectar with nuances of caramel, orange marmalade, maple, ginger, fig, honey and golden raisin liqueur. Whether you are a regular dessert wine drinker or not, you ought to try at least a bottle of this! (Australia)

Ellio Perrone
"Bigaro"
Brachetto/Moscato 2010 . . . . . 750ml 15.99
90/100 - Our score.
This enticingly sweet, creamy and bubbly blend of Brachetto and Moscato seems to get better each year. Raspberry and strawberry flavors from the Brachetto combine with tangerine and peach flavors from the Moscato. This is an unbelievable blend that you must try. Sweet, but not sticky, sparkling, and low in alcohol (around 5.5%); this is one of the most delicious things you will ever put in your mouth. (Italy)

Nigl
Kremstal
Grüner Veltliner Eiswein 2008 . . . . . 375ml 34.99
93/100 - Our score.
Real Eiswein is expensive, at least when it's made from Riesling and comes from Germany. While the more affordable  Canadian/American versions are fun and delicious, rarely do they give the structural complexity of the old world versions. Enter this ridiculous value from Austria, made from the unlikely Gruner Veltliner. Martin Nigl's wines are some of the best in the country. We've enjoyed many traditionally styled Nigl (pronounced Nee-Gul) Gruner Veltliners and Rieslings over the years, but this is our first sweet wine - and what a wine! It completely smells and tastes like Gruner Veltliner, with delicious baked orchard and white pepper flavors - very alive and fresh - with a super thick mouth richness. Despite being sweet and oily, it is vibrant and searing, with high minerality and electric acidity. This wine will age for decades, but it is dangerously drinkable now. One of the best sub-$40 dessert wines you will EVER taste! (Austria)
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