So depressed by our one day of Spring instance here in Maine that I opened that classic Sauternes while watching a rain delayed golf tournament on the tube. (Now that’s sad!)

This wine is a rich intense golden color with aromas of super rich ripe pineapple, tropical fruits and loads of *botrytis.

It is thick in the mouth with ultra-sweet syrupy flavors of ripe pineapple and pears. It has a velvety and balanced finished with such a great acid foundation that the sweetness is fabulous.

I paired it with some bleu cheese and pecorino and fresh pair slices which

I paid $27 for a half bottle of that wine and have been aging it for a couple years. that is what Sauternes are supposed to be. (Wine Spectator gave that wine a 95…)

* Botrytis Cinerea is a favorable mold that–when conditions are favorable–forms on the grapes of Sauternes and other wines (German Rieslings and others) that concentrates the sugars in the fruit making a great wine. Raise a glass to a classic desert wine.

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