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Taste is very subjective and varies quite a bit from person to person.
For example, consider lemon juice and sugar. Most people do not like
pure lemon juice and find it much too sour for their taste even when
considerably diluted with water. Most people do not like pure sugar,
even when it is diluted with water. However many will like a mixture of
sugar and lemon juice, but the best balance of each component will vary
from person to person. Some grapes grown in rather cold climates produce
wines with much acid. Some Rieslings and Chenin Blancs can be quite
acid. If there is no sugar to balance the acidity, many will find them
too sour for their taste. However if a little sugar remains in the wine,
many more people will enjoy them. At the other extreme, Riesling and
some other grapes can become extremely ripe under certain conditions.
The wines they make can contain very high sugar levels. However they
also have enough acidity to balance the sweetness. Such wines are rare
and can be extremely expensive. Often a vineyard can produce only a very
few cases of such wines in a very few years. Louis XIV of France was one
of the most powerful kings Europe ever had and could have any wine in
France he wanted. However he called Tokaji Essencia the king of wines
and wine for kings. This is a very rich Hungarian wne that can contain
well over 50% residual sugar, but is well balanced with acidity. It can
last hundreds of years. Catherine the Great of Russia sent troops to
Hungary to escort her wine back to Russia. A recent example is Egon
M=FCller's Scharzhofberger Eiswein 1983. In the US the very small amount
of this wine availble came on the market for about $US 700 a bottle.
Such top wines do not need any advertising. Little is available, and
there are people who can afford to snap them up very rapidly when they
are available.

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