Dessert wines, as the name suggests, are sweet wines typically enjoyed with or as dessert. These wines are crafted to have higher levels of residual sugar than dry wines, resulting in a luscious and often complex flavour profile.

Common production methods include late harvesting (where grapes are left on the vine to concentrate sugars), botrytization (infection with "noble rot"), and fortification (addition of a neutral grape spirit). Dessert wines can showcase a wide range of flavours, including honeyed fruit, caramel, nuts, and spices.