Desert/Aperitif Tasting

Guerin Pineau des Charentes

First impression is exceptionally soft and silky, without any perception of sweetness or alcohol. Impressively fresh and dynamic on the palate. A beautifully salivary and incredbilbly long finish.

Pienau de Charentes is a fortified wine (mistelle or vin de liqueur), made from either fresh, unfermented grape juice or a blend of lightly fermented grape must, to which a Cognac eau-de-vie is added and then matured.

Brumes Sauternes

Characterized by a lovely structure with a moderate sweetness, a great aromatic purity and a very pleasant vivacity making a well-balanced and fruity wine, ideal as an aperitif, to be appreciated young and chilled.

Sauternes wine is made from Sémillon, sauvignon blanc, and muscadelle grapes that have been affected by Botrytis cinerea, also known as noble rot. This causes the grapes to become partially raisined, resulting in concentrated and distinctively flavored wines.

Elk Cove Ultima

Ultima is our definition of desert; opulence in a bottle. While Reiling supplies the weight of this wine with fresh pear, apricot and honey notes, the supplemental varietals add beautiful delicate aromatics.

To create Ultima, we choose the most perfectly ripe, aromatic grapes, fruit from estate vineyards, primarily Riesling. We freeze the fruit prior to pressing to emulate the ice-wines produced in regions where fruit freezes on the vine.