Sweet Wine Example - Bordeaux
Sauternes
Sweet Wine
Example - Alsace
Vendage Tardive (VT)
Selection de Grains Nobles (SGN)
Sweet Wine
Example - Loire Valley
Bonnezeaux
Quarts de Chaume
Vouvray Molleaux
Sweet Wine
Example - Hungary
Tokaji Aszu
(Furmint)
Ways to Sweeten Wine in Winery
1) Fortification
2) Chilling / Filtering Out Yeast
3) Adding SO2 / Filtering Out Yeast
4) Blending Sweet/Dry Styles or Juice
Botrytis Definition
Noble Rot
Mold that causes grapes to shrivel and dehydrate