Dessert & Fortified

D'Yquem 2015 Ex-Chateau (750ML)

100 WA / 99 DE / 99 JS / 98 WS / 98 VM / 19 JR #1 Wine Advocate Best New Releases from Bordeaux (Sweets) 2018 Following a very long harvest stretching nearly two months, the 2015 Château d'Yquem came in at 13.9%...

D'Yquem 1959 Case of 12 (750ML)

97 WS Classic, exciting Yquem. Silky, creamy and round, yet armed with plenty of intense botrytized flavors--dried apricot, raisin, dried fig. Full-bodied, with caramel and butterscotch complexity, it ends on a very intense...

Quinta Do Noval Vintage Nacional 2004 (750ML)

97 WA / 97 NM The 2004 Vintage Port "Nacional" is a declared Vintage Port aged for 18 months in wooden casks. An old vines field blend, it comes in at just 79 grams per liter of residual sugar, rather dry on paper and in...

Huet Vouvray Le Mont Moelleux 2020 (750ML)

96 VM / 96 WA There are many shouty wines in the world, but the 2020 Le Mont Moelleux is understated, which is highly attractive. There's finesse and elegance to this sweeter style (49g/L). Delicate exotic characters such...

Huet Vouvray Le Clos Du Bourg Demi Sec 2020 (750ML)

97 VM / 95 WA Drinking the 2020 Clos du Bourg Demi-Sec is like taking your shoes off at the end of a long day of walking and soaking them in warm water: there's just satisfaction and relaxation. The 2020 has a sense of...

Huet Vouvray Le Haut Lieu Demi Sec 2020 (750ML)

95-97 VM / 95-96 WA Pear and pineapple aromas meet fine, floral characters in the 2020 Demi-Sec Le Haut-Lieu. While this wine's edges are rounded, it is refined and elegant. It has a sense of density on the mid-palate, but...

D'Yquem 1959 Ex-Chateau (750ML)

97 WS Classic, exciting Yquem. Silky, creamy and round, yet armed with plenty of intense botrytized flavors--dried apricot, raisin, dried fig. Full-bodied, with caramel and butterscotch complexity, it ends on a very intense...

Taylor Fladgate 1994 Ex-Cellars (750ML)

100 WS / 100 JS / 99 WE / 97 RP / 18 JR #1 Wine Spectator Top 100 Wines of 1997 This stock was released in 2021 directly from Taylor Fladgate's cellars. In a word, superb. It's full-bodied, moderately sweet and incredibly...

Taylor Fladgate 2018 (1.5L)

98 WE / 98 DE / 96 WS / 95 WA / 17.5++ JR#10 Wine Enthusiast Top 100 Cellar Selections 2021 This is an exceptional vintage, most unusually the third declared in a row from this producer. Intensely perfumed and richly...

D'Yquem 2006 (375ML)

19 JR / 96 WS / 95+ WA / 95 WE Sweet crème pâtissière on the nose. Solid and very rich and impressive. Real depth and unctuousness and complexity. This is great stuff. Long and layered. So long! Complex...

D'Yquem 2005 (375ML)

97 WA / 97 WS / 95 JS Tasted at the chteau, the 2005 Chateau dYquem delivers a similar performance as last year. Lucid in colour, the bouquet is detailed with very pure honey, vanilla and almond scents, still a little new...

D'Yquem 2000s Vertical Case Ex-Chateau: 2005-2010 (750MLx6)

This special vertical collection case contains 1 bottle each of the following vintages: 2005 - 97 WA: "This decadent flavor bomb still needs a good five to seven years in bottle before it is set to go off, but oh what a...

5 Stars of Sauternes Case 2017 (750MLx6)

This special limited collection of 1100 numbered cases includes 1 bottle each of: 2017 Lafaurie-Peyraguey - 97 JS2017 Sigalas Rabaud - 95 WA2017 Rayne Vigneau - 94-96 VM2017 La Tour Blanche - 94-97 JD2017 Rabaud-Promis - 17...

Klein Constantia Vin de Constance 2018 (500ML)

98 JS / 98 JA / 98 DE / 96 VM #98 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2021 Extraordinary aromas of white peaches, apricots, vanilla and flowers. Full-bodied and very sweet with so much sweet and dried fruit, such as apricots...

Molitor Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Spatlese GK AP #22 2019 (750ML)

95 WA The 2019 Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Spätlese (Golden Capsule) AP 22 opens with an intense, highly refined and flinty bouquet of crushed slate and a dramatic, complex, slightly reductive terroir tone that is reminiscent...

Molitor Wehlener Klosterberg Spatlese GRK 2019 (750ML)

93+ WA The 2019 Wehlener Klosterberg Spätlese (Green Capsule) opens with a clear, intense and complex bouquet of ripe and concentrated Riesling berries intertwined with notes of slate and quartz. Full-bodied, round and...

Molitor Graacher Himmelreich Auslese *** GRK 2019 (750ML)

99 WA The 2019 Graacher Himmelreich Auslese *** (Green Capsule) opens enormously deep, intense and complex on the nose that immediately indicates the wine is in an exceptional class on its own. Only with lots of aeration...

Molitor Riesling Erdener Treppchen Auslese*** WK 2019 (750ML)

98+ WA Partly from the Felsentreppe, the 2019 Erdener Treppchen Auslese *** (White Capsule) opens with a pure, fresh and flinty, iron-rich and refined bouquet of tropical fruit aromas with notes of broken (red) slate, lemon...

JJ Prum Graacher Himmelreich Spatlese WK 2019 (750ML)

96 JS / 94+ WA Great interplay between delicate exotic-fruit aromas and cool, northerly elements (also apples and fresh herbs) in the nose and on the medium-bodied, concentrated palate, the acidity very bright and stony and...

Kopke Colheita Port 1967 (375ML)

95 WA The 1967 Colheita Tawny Port comes in with 142 grams per liter of residual sugar. This is a nice step up compared to the younger parts of the lineup, elegant and focused, with a precise finish, a fresh feel, little...

Taylor Fladgate Single Harvest Port 1896 (750ML)

98 DE Good things come to those who wait. The last two pipes (casks) of a wine set aside 125 years ago were bottled earlier this year. The 1896 vintage was a watershed for the Port trade as it was much the best harvest...

Toro Albala Don PX Seleccion 1980 (750ML)

97 WA The 1980 Don PX Selección is said to come from a warm and dry year that favored the raisining of the Pedro Ximénez grapes. This has lots of candied fruit and spice and combines the 17% alcohol with a...

Cossart Gordon Bual Madeira 1987 (750ML)

98 DE / 95 WE / 94 WS / 17.5 JR / 93 WA / 91 VM Platinum Best in Show-Decanter World Wine Awards 2017 Wonderful depth of walnut and raisin fruit on the nose with hints of sweet spice and herbs. Sweet, intense and complex...

Huet Vouvray Le Clos Du Bourg Moelleux 2018 (750ML)

95 WA / 95 VM The 2018 Vouvray Clos du Bourg Moelleux is ripe and already quite open on the remarkably fine and precise nose where delicate chalky notes intermix with yeasty aromas of ripe apples and even very fine flinty...

Toro Albala Don PX Seleccion 1962 (750ML)

95 WA The 1962 Don PX Reserva Especial is pitch black, dense as (used) motor oil, medicinal and balsamic, with a grassy nose of licorice, black olives, roasted coffee, smoke and ash, very intense and expressive in the...

Extravagant De Doisy Daene 2003 (375ML)

99 RP It is against my better judgment to taste the sweet wines of Barsac and Sauternes at such an early age, as I find they typically require at least 12 months to reveal the definition/delineation so essential in these...

D'Yquem 2018 (375ML)

98 WA / 97 JS / 97 DE The 2018 d'Yquem is all lime cordial, grapefruit oil and mandarin peel to begin. With a little coaxing, the fireworks really begin, letting off a whole array of honeysuckle, candied ginger, dried...

Klein Constantia Vin de Constance 2017 (1.5L)

97 VM / 97 JS / 97 DE We finished with a welcome dessert wine in the shape of the 2017 Vin de Constance from Klein Constantia, which mirrored my recent tasting note. Just heavenly.-- Neal Martin, Vinous Media This is...

Coutet 2019 (750ML)

95-97+ WA / 97 DE / 94-96 VM / 94-95 JS / 93-95 JD The pale lemon-gold colored 2019 Coutet is a thrill ride from the get-go, exploding from the glass with fantastically intense scents of tangerine peel, lime blossoms and...

Huet Vouvray Moelleux Cuvee Constance 2016 (500ML)

96 WS Intense acidity cuts through the rich and plump profile of this sweet version, creating harmony and focus. Shows a wide range of flavors, with golden raisin, fig and flambéed pear notes on the palate,...

Mousse & Fils Ratafia La Vie en Meunier NV (500ML)

This 100% pinot meunier Ratafia from Champagne goes back to a 1947 family recipe from Champagne Moussé Fils using their Marc de Champagne, a liqueur distilled from pomace after winemaking. Non-sparkling, it...

Bodegas Yuste Aurora Manzanilla NV (500ML)

"Iconic Manzanilla named for the widow Aurora Ambrosse Lacave, pioneering female sherry executive of the early 20th century. Yuste has skillfully integrated the 19th-C. solera with his own to produce a complex, rounded and...

Klein Constantia Vin de Constance 2016 (1.5L)

98 TA / 97 VM / 97 DE / 96 JS / 94 WA / 18.5 JR Best sweet wine of the year. Increasingly celebrated as one of the great sweet wines of the world, not just the Cape, Vin de Constance is a delight to taste and review...

Weingut Kurt Darting Durkheimer Hochbenn Riesling Kabinett 2017 (750ML)

"Durkheimer Hochbenn Kabinett Riesling is a rich and sultry wine. There's a slight surmise of botrytis, and a few nubby tannins, but the overall effect is sold and firm." - Winery

Muller-Catoir Gimmeldinger Mandelgarten Riesling Spatlese 2017 (750ML)

95 WS / 93 WS This is still a bit closed, but the lemon-curd and lemon-jelly character on the nose, the finely etched flavors on the medium-bodied palate, then the very long and creamy yet super-clean finish, all announce a...

JJ Prum Graacher Himmelreich Spatlese WK 2017 (750ML)

95 JS / 94 WA / 16.5+ JR So much gun flint and nutmeg on the nose here, and a garden’s worth of white flowers and herbs. Meanwhile, the palate boasts a serious set of phenolics and impressive depth, married to...

JJ Prum Wehlener Sonnenuhr Kabinett WK 2017 (750ML)

95 JS / 94 WS / 93+ WA  Beautifully cool limes and peaches with some fresh herbs and very fresh, flinty notes, as well as sliced green mangoes. Delicious! The palate has such impeccable balance and has tautness to it...

Quinta Do Noval Vintage Nacional 2017 (750ML)

100 WA / 99 VM / 99 JS / 99 WS / 99 WE / 19 JR Special price of $999 when purchased with 18 bottles of 98-point 2017 Quinta do Noval at special price of $89.99 (reg. $98.89). Discount applied once products added...

Carmes De Rieussec 2018 (750ML)

90-91 JS A pretty second wine of Rieussec with creamy, cooked pear and apple character. Some soufflé character, too. Medium body, medium sweet and a fresh finish...

Donnhoff Norheimer Kirschheck Riesling Spatlese 2017 (750ML)

93 JS / 92 VM / 91 WA / 90 WS A juicy and elegant wine that turns really dry, thanks to the serious minerality that powers the long, delicate finish. From organically grown grapes. Fair'n Green certification. Drink or hold...

Quinta do Vesuvio 2016 (750ML)

97 WS / 96 WA / 95 DE / 94 JS / 18 JR Densely packed and dark in profile, with lots of warmed fig, mulled blueberry, açai berry and blackberry paste flavors rolling through, scored with graphite and tar notes,...

Maximin Grunhaus von Schubert Herrenberg Riesling Eiswein 2016 (750ML)

97 WA The first ice wine at Grünhaus since 2011 is the 2016 Maximin Grünhaus Herrenberg Riesling Eiswein. Clear and concentrated on the nose, with citrus and crunchy slate aromas, this is a sweet, lush and...

Quinta Do Noval 2016 (750ML)

98 JS / 98 WS / 97 DE / 97 WA / 18 JR This is a superb baby Noval that reminds me of the 1966. Chewy yet so polished. The light sweetness suggests an overall dialing back of the sugar content. Stemmy and lightly green. A...

Croft 2016 (375ML)

97 JS / 97 WS / 94 VM / 94 WA Extremely perfumed with dark-berry and currant aromas. Hints of earth and spices. Full-bodied, round and medium sweet. Hints of resin. Opulent yet restrained. Shows ripe and beautiful fruit...

Taylor Fladgate 2016 (375ML)

100 JS / 98 WS / 97 VM / 96 WA / 96 DE / 18 JR#4 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2018 #23 Wine Spectator Top 100 2018 OMG. This is really the most amazing young Taylor's I have ever tasted. Full-bodied and lightly...

Taylor Fladgate 2016 (1.5L)

100 JS / 98 WS / 97 VM / 96 WA / 96 DE / 18 JR#4 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2018 #23 Wine Spectator Top 100 2018 OMG. This is really the most amazing young Taylor's I have ever tasted. Full-bodied and lightly...

Fonseca 2016 (375ML)

98 JS / 97 WA / 97 WS / 97 DE / 96 VM / 17.5+ JR  Lots of ripe fruit here with raisins and wet earth that turn to violets and hot stones. Full-bodied, tannic and powerful with fantastic grip and intensity. Grabs...

Ramos Pinto Porto 10 Year Tawny Quinta da Ervamoira NV (750ML)

Huet Vouvray Le Clos du Bourg Moelleux 1ere Trie 2016 (750ML)

96 WS / 94 WA / 17+ JR This is ripe and broad, taking a slightly more power-driven approach, with a mix of tropical mango and papaya fruit, backed by orchard fruit accents of yellow apple and peach. The long, heather...

Huet Vouvray Le Haut Lieu Demi Sec 2016 (750ML)

96 WS / 16.5 JR Delivers a beautiful display of purity and grace, with creamed Jonagold apple, star fruit, white peach and chamomile notes flowing seamlessly, backed by wet stone and fresh verbena accents. Subtle but...