Mas Amiel 15 Ans d'Age Maury

Maury, France

France's most celebrated vin doux naturel aged in glass bonbonnes outdoors for 15 years — the Roussillon sun transforms the wine into something extraordinary: chocolate, dried fig, coffee, walnut, iron, and rancio complexity. Sweet but profoundly complex; one of the world's great dessert wines and cheese pairings.

Pairing intelligence

• cheese: France's most iconic blue cheese and France's most celebrated vin doux naturel — Roquefort's salty intensity is perfectly balanced by Maury's sweet chocolate and rancio complexity; walnut bridges both
• dessert: The wine's chocolate and coffee rancio character finds direct resonance in the fondant; salted caramel bridges Maury's sweetness and the salt; crème fraîche's acidity provides contrast