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Finish off your meal or your night with a sweet dessert wine or cognac.
Exotic sweet whites
Champalou, Vouvray “Trie de Vendages – Cuvée CC” 2003
Incredibly rare, lusciously sweet and vibrant botrytis style white from France’s Loire River
Incredibly rare, lusciously sweet and vibrant botrytis style white from France’s Loire River
$15
Maculan, Torcolato 2003
In Veneto, Italy where this incredibly concen- trated, golden dessert white comes from, this is called a meditazione wine; vinified from hand dried botrytis infected native white grapes
In Veneto, Italy where this incredibly concen- trated, golden dessert white comes from, this is called a meditazione wine; vinified from hand dried botrytis infected native white grapes
$16
Velvety sweet reds
Taylor Fladgate, Late Bottled Vintage Port 2000
Plump, plummy style of this Portuguese classic, smoothly rounded by 4 to 6 years aging in wood.
Plump, plummy style of this Portuguese classic, smoothly rounded by 4 to 6 years aging in wood.
$9
Taylor Fladgate 20 Year Old Tawny Port
Incredibly smooth, luscious style, redolent of walnuts, Christmas spices and berries
Incredibly smooth, luscious style, redolent of walnuts, Christmas spices and berries
$14
Domaine la Tour Vieille, Banyuls 2005
This lusciously full, velvety fortified red, vinified from spectacular hillside Grenache vineyards spilling out into the Mediterranean, makes a near-perfect “chocolate” wine
This lusciously full, velvety fortified red, vinified from spectacular hillside Grenache vineyards spilling out into the Mediterranean, makes a near-perfect “chocolate” wine
$12
Grappa
Jacopo Poli, “Torcolato” Grappa
Even more intense and penetrating style, distilled from the rare appasimento (dried) grapes of the native Tocai and Vespaiolo varieties
Even more intense and penetrating style, distilled from the rare appasimento (dried) grapes of the native Tocai and Vespaiolo varieties
$12.5
Armagnac
Virile French brandies; as richly layered as the richest wines, as smooth and spirituous as the finest Cognac
Larressingle, VSOP Réserve
$9.5
Larressingle, XO Grande Réserve
$13
Take a cognac flight...
An insanely luxurious, comparative tasting (three-quart ounce each) of four Grande Champagne Cognacs from the house of:
Pierre Ferrand
Réserve des Dieux (20 Year Blend) Selection des Anges (30 Year Blend) Abel (45 Year Blend) Ancestrale 1928
Réserve des Dieux (20 Year Blend) Selection des Anges (30 Year Blend) Abel (45 Year Blend) Ancestrale 1928
$65
