Wine and chocolate can be a great combination, and if you are planning to have a chocolate dessert or share a nice box of chocolates with that special someone this Valentine’s Day, here are three great options to consider:
Château Jolys Cuvée Jean, Jurançon (2017)
This Jurançon from southwest France is a delightful wine made from Petit Manseng grapes. Not overly sweet, the wine has intense aromas of peach, apricot and nectarine on the nose, and flavours of peach and pineapple on the palate. It is a fresh and lively wine with a long finish and is a great introduction to a less well-known grape variety. Available from Waitrose £12.79 (50 cl)
Disznókö Tokaji Aszú 5 Puttonyos 2017 (Hungary)
This sweet wine from the Tokaj region of Hungary is made from a blend of Furmint and Hárslevelü grapes. It has pronounced aromas of honey, marmalade and dried apricot from the get-go, leading to intense flavours of peach, dried apricot, honey and orange peel on the palate. A full-bodied wine, with medium acidity and a long finish, this is a well-balanced, very good wine. Available from Waitrose £19.99 (37.5 cl)
Campbell’s Rutherglen Muscat
This Rutherglen Muscat is a lusciously sweet wine from Victoria, Australia. Amber in colour, it is a rich wine made from a blend of vintages of Muscat à petit grains rouges (Rutherglen Brown Muscat) grapes. With aromas of raisins and caramel on the nose, and flavours of fruitcake, dates and nuts on the palate, this is smooth, wonderfully balanced wine. The sweetest of the three wines reviewed here, it is pure indulgence and wickedly moreish!
Available from Waitrose £12.99 (37.5 cl)