Dessert: wine full stop

Most experts are forcing food pairing when they talk about dessert wine. I never had this burden: I always enjoyed sweet wines best as a standalone dessert. And not only for tasting: I virtually always write the review of a certain wine after having drunk 200-300 mls of it at least (maybe somewhat less in case of sweet wines would do), without any food. This Chateau Megyer Furmint Late Harvest 2006 serves this purpose perfectly although I found it little bit difficult to evaluate it after sharing the 375 mls with my wife.

It’s deep brassy color and it’s slow move and the rim tells you that this will be a full-bodied, fat one (wine, you know).

Right after opening a stunningly clean stewed peer aroma hits the nose. This excellent start will be shortly further improved by more canned material: quince-marmalade. The same peer and quince aromas will fill-in the palate with a honey undertone. This rustic fruity character and the high sugar level is supported by a medium acidic backbone. Not too complex, not elegant, but all in all a pleasant wine.

Later, when its color deepens a lot, the palate will show more of a very ripe plum fruit character with some other sun dried Mediterranean fruits notes.

An btw, it doesn’t really go too well with Duck liver mousse. But the current HUF/EUR exchange rate qualifies it a best buy for foreigners.

Score: 4/4+

Price: HUF 1 400