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A sweet red from Germany?

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Mano

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A friend purchased a “Generic” bottle of wine in outside of Pennsylvania is looking for a similar wine or a wine in that style here.

He gave this information:

(from top of label to bottom):

Red Vin

[Picture]

“wine from Dornfelder Germany”

2008

Sweet Red

Red wine

Rheinhessen

Germany

[back]

Made from the native Dornfelder grape . . .

Imported by prestige wine group, Princeton, MN

[then other stuff: shipped by, bottled by, . . .]

Any suggestions about what he may find here in PA that may be similar or in that style?

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I had a Dornfelder a couple years ago, it was pretty sweet. It was also fruity and tannic. It was a bit as if someone added cane sugar to a Shiraz.

The closest I can come would be a Brachetto, or possibly (if sparkling is ok) a red Lambrusco. But, both of those have more of a grape juice flavor to them, which doesn't really match the Dornfelder.

There are some small sweet reds from various European countries, Greece and Spain come to mind, but they aren't exported much.

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