Sunday, July 14, 2013

The 24nd Wine Tasting (2013-06-15) - Botrytized Dessert Wines

It was an excitement to host this wine tasting. Thanks to Norbert, my friend, who brought back two wine from Hungary and Germany.

" Are dessert wines very sweet?"

Dessert wines are more than sweet wines. Balance among rich and complex aroma, sugar contents, and acidity is the beauty of dessert wines. We tasted the particular type of dessert wines, which is made from the grapes are infected by a grey fungus called Botrytis Cinerea. The infected berries are also known as Noble Rot. This gentle fungus adds unique flavor to wines. It can infect various grapes. For example, we had Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, and Furmint.