This beautiful off-dry style Chenin Blanc hails for the Coteaux du Loir appellation, one of the most northerly in the Loire Valley, and is produced by proprietor Eric Nicolas who crafts Chenin Blancs that are amongst the greatest in the world. The 'Premices' bottling is his most fruit forward and approachable wine made coming in at 10 grams of residual sugar, wonderfully integrated with balancing acidity and mineral. The nose shows aromas of quince and honey and the elegant, medium bodied palate delivers notes of honeysuckle, pineapple, and apricot. 

One of my favorite premium Chardonnays from California is Failla's Sonoma Coast Chardonnay which blends some amazing Sonoma Coast vineyards which practice organic viticulture and is then aged in concrete egg, stainless steel, and new French oak creating a snapshot of the potential of this cool climate fruit. The nose shows apple and pineapple fruit and the medium plus bodied palate delivers yellow apple and pear notes with underlining mineralty. This will play well with the richness of the Turbot a la Moelle.  

Lustau created this cream sherry as an homage to the old school style sherries of the 17th century whose flavors were influenced by trading ships' long voyages to the East Indies. It is a blend of Oloroso sherry and Pedro Ximenez sherry and shows complex notes of toffee, brown sugar with some bitter orange which helps balance out the sweetness. This will be fun with the Sticky Toffee Pudding Cake.