Muscat Beaumes de Venise Domaine des Bernardins 2024: Luscious and Layered

Haruki Sato — Good not great

6/10

I'm still figuring out what I like with sweet wines and this was decent. Really fragrant when you open it, lots of peach and raisin on the nose. Found it a bit too sweet for sipping on its own though — needed some cheese or something to balance it out. Not bad by any means.

Kwame Mensah — Bit pricey for what it is

6/10

The wine shop guy recommended this and it's fine — pleasant enough, nice peachy smell and sweet without being syrupy. But £25.50 feels steep when you're only pouring small glasses. I've had Muscats I liked just as much for less.

Jorge Castillo — Nice but not mindblowing

7/10

It's a solid dessert wine. Sweet and honeyed but not sickly, which is what I always worry about with these. The apricot flavour is really nice and there's enough acidity to stop it being too much. Fair enough for the price.