Beverage

Late Harvest

Late harvest white wine is made from grapes left on the vine past normal ripeness—concentrated sugars, dried-fruit and honey flavours, and often higher alcohol or residual sweetness without requiring full noble-rot or ice-wine conditions. Styles range from lightly off-dry Riesling Spätlese to rich New World dessert bottles labelled Late Harvest. Use late harvest whites for cheese boards, fruit desserts, and glazes on pork or squash; in sauces, their baked-apple and apricot notes add depth where dry wine would taste thin. Balance sweetness with acid, mustard, or vinegar so dishes do not become cloying.

Also known as: Spätlese / Auslese, Vendange tardive, Late Harvest, Late Harvest