Category: Dessert wines

The Hungarian wine Tokaji Eszencia holds the record for the highest sugar content in wine, with some vintages reaching over 800 grams of residual sugar per liter. The answer to the question, what wine has the highest sugar content, lies in the specialized, labor-intensive production methods used for these rare dessert wines.

While most table wines contain very little sugar, a rare Hungarian Tokaji Eszencia can contain exceptionally high levels, sometimes exceeding 800 grams of residual sugar per liter, making it a strong contender for the title of which wine has the highest amount of sugar. The sweetness of a wine is determined by its residual sugar, the amount left over after fermentation.