2007 Domaine Thunevin-Calvet Maury Vin Doux Naturel

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  8/15/2018 - Mossrose wrote: 93 Points

  A relatively rare dessert wine made from red wine grapes instead of white wine grapes, here an opaque Grenache, which is a specialty from the Maury appellation in France. To make a dessert wine, residual sugar has to be left in the finished wine, so fermentation some how has to be stopped so that not all the sugar is converted into alcohol. This "Vin Doux Naturelle" achieves its sweetness without artificially introducing anything outside the wine, such as an alcoholic spirit that raises the alcohol level high enough to kill off the yeasts. Opaquely purple color, with rich aromas of prunes, walnuts, molasses, and dried dates. The 16% alcohol actually tastes far less alcoholic that the true alcohol level of the wine. The wine is actually quite a delicious dessert by itself, but it really shines with numerous dessert foods, including chocolate candies, chocolate dipped strawberries, blueberry pie, pecan pie, diverse cookies, and Italian biscotti. Overall, a fascinating study of how tannin in the wine can benefit a dessert wine, and an impressive novelty.

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