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How Sweet They Were

How Sweet They Were

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Fredric Koeppel
Dec 10, 2007
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Tasting sweet dessert wines is tough. They're extremely rich and over-ripe and can come close to being cloying, though if they're made correctly dynamite acid keeps them honest and dry from mid-palate back; that point is essential; you want to feel the clean vibrancy as well as the lushness, the unctuousness. The best examples of dessert wines are amazi…

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