Domaine Asmara Late Harvest Viognier 2017 from Heathcote is a luscious, botrytis‑style dessert wine – golden, fragrant and wonderfully indulgent without becoming cloying. The fruit was picked late in the season after the onset of noble rot, concentrating sugars and flavours into a rich, decadent style that still carries the estate’s trademark finesse.

In the glass it pours a deep golden colour with lifted aromas of honeysuckle, ripe pear and juicy peach, wrapped in subtle floral notes. The palate is sweet and silky, packed with ripe stonefruit and poached‑pear character, yet balanced by enough natural acidity to keep the finish clean and refreshing rather than syrupy.

Domaine Asmara Late Harvest Viognier 2017 is a beautiful end‑of‑meal wine with blue or washed‑rind cheeses, panna cotta, stonefruit tarts, poached pears or just a quiet glass on its own after dinner. Serve it well chilled in small glasses and it will reward careful cellaring too, developing extra honeyed, marmalade complexity over time.