finalePegasus Bay Waipara Barrique Fermented Noble Semillon Sauvignon 2011 375ml $37

Wow!  I love the amber-topaz colour of this glossy dessert wine.  It smells like honey drizzled over oatcakes and there’s an exotic toffee note cloaking baked stonefruit and an intense sweetness encasing a monster 14.5% alcohol.  Wild yeast fermented and aging for two years in barrel has created an un-put-downably delicious wine with a squeak of apricot and caramelised cinnamon sugar on crumpets.  Dangerously good.