We all have those meals where we stuff ourselves to the point that we couldn't think about eating dessert, yet a taste of something sinfully sweet sure sounds good. That's the perfect time to reach for a "Best Of" late harvest dessert wine like the 2004 Robert Weil Riesling Eiswein Kiedrich Grafeerberg. This late harvest eiswein (German for ice wine) riesling hails from Rheingau, a self-contained region on the Rhine River that is one of the world's top riesling-growing areas. Wilhelm Weil, the great-grandson of Wiengut Robert Weil who founded the family-run wine estate in 1875, reports that 2004 presented the perfect weather conditions for a long ripening season and late harvest where the grapes gradually accumulate sugar. The fortunate weather produced a spectacular success in the Eiswein Kiedrich Grafeerberg, which demonstrates a lemony acidity that perfectly balances the powerful honey and pear sweetness. A long, lingering finish leaves a faint and elegant touch of smoke and salt.

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