Late harvest wine is wine which has been made from grapes or other fruits which are left on the parent plant longer than usual. As a result, the fruit develops more sugars, and the resulting wine is much sweeter and richer than other wines. Many late harvest wines are used as dessert wines, because of their extremely high sugar content; Riesling is a popular late harvest dessert wine.
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