dessert wine
noun
: a usually sweet wine typically served with dessert or afterward
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web For a dessert wine—a Zedda Piras digestif made from myrtle: a black beauty with flavors of nutmeg, cinnamon and white pepper. 
Tom Mullen, Forbes, 24 July 2022 And for the grand finale, personal lemon curd tarts were paired with a house dessert wine for guests to enjoy while stargazing. Eliseé Browchuk, Vogue, 25 July 2022 It’s nearly dessert wine in its sweetness but ends up accentuating the layers of spice. Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2022 Pair the Velvety Key Lime Cheesecake with Domaine Papin Coteaux du Layon dessert wine. Dwight Brown, Essence, 18 May 2022 To cap off their wine window tour, Tucci and Digiugno enjoyed the local dessert wine, Vin Santo, with almond biscotti. CNN, 21 Mar. 2021 For the fourth release, an 18-year-old whiskey was transferred to Moscatel de Valencia casks that were used to age this sweet Spanish dessert wine. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2022 The result is a brain-bustlingly complex whiskey that has smoke from a bit of peated malt used in the creation of the whiskey and the many years spent in wood juxtaposed with the sweet fruit notes that come from the dessert wine. Gina Pace, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2021 In the mouth, a powerhouse of scintillating flavors—precise, clean, vibrant—provide a rich, layered, lambent dessert wine. Tom Mullen, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2021 See More
Tom Mullen, Forbes, 24 July 2022 And for the grand finale, personal lemon curd tarts were paired with a house dessert wine for guests to enjoy while stargazing. Eliseé Browchuk, Vogue, 25 July 2022 It’s nearly dessert wine in its sweetness but ends up accentuating the layers of spice. Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2022 Pair the Velvety Key Lime Cheesecake with Domaine Papin Coteaux du Layon dessert wine. Dwight Brown, Essence, 18 May 2022 To cap off their wine window tour, Tucci and Digiugno enjoyed the local dessert wine, Vin Santo, with almond biscotti. CNN, 21 Mar. 2021 For the fourth release, an 18-year-old whiskey was transferred to Moscatel de Valencia casks that were used to age this sweet Spanish dessert wine. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2022 The result is a brain-bustlingly complex whiskey that has smoke from a bit of peated malt used in the creation of the whiskey and the many years spent in wood juxtaposed with the sweet fruit notes that come from the dessert wine. Gina Pace, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2021 In the mouth, a powerhouse of scintillating flavors—precise, clean, vibrant—provide a rich, layered, lambent dessert wine. Tom Mullen, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1773, in the meaning defined above