Sweet wine

Sweet wine is one that has a higher sugar content than normal, resulting from the process.

For a sweet wine, there are different procedures, but usually it is from a dried grape (with a higher concentration of sugar), not fermented completely (so that it is a residual sugar), which then is often add wine alcohol to compensate for the lack of alcohol produced during fermentation.

For the grapes have more sugar concentration, can be solo-dry in the sun, like most of Pedro Ximenez sweet wines, 'let's own vineyard, wine, late harvest, let the vines are infected Botrytis cinerea with the bacteria, the Tokaj and Sauternes - or freeze for the water to crystallize and separate before fermentation ice-wines.

In the fermentation of a sweet wine can be made ​​in full and add alcohol-sweet wines Porto - or make a full fermentation, adding unfermented grape juice.

The grapes most often used for sweet wines are the white Chenin, the Gewürztraminer, the Pedro Ximenez, the Malvasia and Moscatel, in red sweet wines using the Syrah, the Grenache and even Tempranillo.

The traditional pairing with sweet wines are the desserts, chocolate, cheese and foie.

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