Baklava

Honey, nuts, and flaky pastry make a very sweet, rich dessert.

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Baklava — wine by wine

Best Match

The dish Baklava

The wine Sweet Tokaji or Sauternes-style dessert wine

Why it works

Baklava is intensely sweet and nutty, so dry wine is almost always overmatched. Sweet Tokaji or Sauternes-style dessert wine works here because its sweetness, acidity, and botrytis complexity can meet custard, fruit, honey, and blue-cheese richness while staying fresh. That makes the match feel deliberate: making sure the wine has enough sweetness for the dessert, staying in the same weight class as the dish, with the wine refreshing the next bite rather than stealing the spotlight.

Wine style

Sweet Tokaji or Sauternes-style dessert wine splurge

A luscious, high-acid dessert style for fruit desserts, foie gras-style richness, and blue cheese.

Amontillado or Oloroso Sherry

Amontillado or Oloroso Sherry works here because its nutty oxidative depth links beautifully with mushrooms, roasted nuts, aged cheese, braises, and caramelized edges.

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Off-dry Riesling

Off-dry Riesling works here because its gentle sweetness, low alcohol, and bright acidity cool spice, flatter salt, and refresh rich sauces.

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Port-style fortified red

Port-style fortified red works here because its sweetness, power, and dark-fruit depth stand up to blue cheese, chocolate, nuts, and intense dessert flavors.

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Aromatic Gewurztraminer or Viognier

Aromatic Gewurztraminer or Viognier works here because its perfume, rounded fruit, and low-to-moderate acidity can meet spice, ginger, saffron, and aromatic sauces.

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