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Tawny Port
Fortified Port wine is sweet
and warming. Because of that,
it makes the perfect winter
dessert wine, whether you
drink it by itself or accompa-
ny a decadent dessert such as
a molten lava cake.
Two Tawny Port-Style Wines
Fonseca
20 Year Tawny Por-
to from Por-
tugal is a warm
and com-
plex non-vintage
t a w n y
that costs around
$50 per
bottle. Try it with a
slice of
pumpkin pie.
Pen-
teauneuf-du-Pape Wines
Domaine du Pegau Châteauneuf-
du-Pape Cuvée Réservée contains
80 percent Grenache with Syrah,
Mourvèdre, and about 10 percent of
other varietals blended in. It costs
around $100 per bottle but it’s filled
with smoky, meaty, herbal flavors
that make it the perfect pairing for
winter dishes such as Beef Welling-
ton or roast venison.
E. Guigal Châteauneuf-du-Pape
costs around $50, but it’s a balanced
wine with flavors of berries, spice,
and plums. Try it with duck with fig
sauce or as an accompaniment to
your Thanksgiving or holiday din-
ner.
fold’s Club Tawny Port comes from
Down Under (Australia to be ex-
act), but it’s a delicious, warm, and
affordable port-style wine that costs
under $15 per bottle. Try it with
bread pudding.
Oaked Chardonnay
Oak brings toasty, warm flavors
to Chardonnay such as burnt sug-
ar, vanilla, and spice. Judiciously
oaked Chardonnay wines make a
perfect winter white with a medium
body and plenty of warm, toasted,
buttery characteristics.
Two Oaky Chardonnays
Domaine Belland Puligny-Montra-
chet is an oaked Chardonnay (it’s a
white Burgundy) made using ma-
lolactic fermentation, which adds
buttery flavors to the wine. It works
especially well with foods that have
buttery sauces, such as fettuccine
Alfredo or halibut beurre blanc.
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