Sweet Garnacha '23 (ES)

This 2023 dessert wine is the sweeter sibling of our Mayor's Choice Garnacha, made from the press fraction of that same Priorat harvest. After the free run juice was drawn off to become Mayor's Choice, the remaining skins went to press, and that fraction was moved to stainless steel to finish fermenting on its own. Because the sugar content was so high to start, the wine developed real richness while still holding on to natural residual sweetness, and we added concentrated grape sugar to round out the dessert profile it has today. Farmer Roger Grifoll Declara grows the fruit organically on Priorat's mineral rich soil, the same source behind Mayor's Choice, and the result is a 15 percent ruby red wine that pours generous and unapologetic. Expect red fruit and vanilla up front, sweet and full bodied on the palate, with just enough acidity to keep every sip feeling fresh rather than heavy.

Its red fruit and vanilla make it a natural match for dark chocolate desserts, a crema catalana, or a wedge of aged manchego at the end of a meal. It is rich enough to stand in for dessert altogether, poured on its own as a small, sweet digestif once the table has been cleared.