Grand Reserve Vidal Icewine 2019

VQA NIAGARA RIVER | 375ML

TASTING NOTES
Layered aromas of tropical fruit, honey, apricot and peach follow through on the palate. This Icewine parallels some of the finest dessert wines in the world; a fresh, crisp acidity on the finish to perfectly balance the sweetness. Enjoy on its own or with fruit based desserts. A classic pairing is with a fine blue cheese.

VINTAGE & VITICULTURE
One of the first Canadian Icewines was produced on this property. This Vidal Icewine includes only select grapes harvested from our oldest 12-acre block of Vidal vines planted in 1981. Average picking temperatures ranged from -10 ˚C and -12˚C and was harvested on December 15thand 19th, 2016.

WINEMAKER’S NOTES
The juice pressed from clean fruit was carefully fermented for five months, with temperature-controlled fermentation (less than 15°C), using selected yeast for cold slow fermenting. The wine was both fermented and aged in stainless steel tanks to highlight the complexity of stone fruit flavours

RESIDUAL SUGAR: 265g/L

ALCOHOL/VOLUME: 10%

BRIX AT HARVEST: 41.3

TOTAL ACIDITY: 9.8g/L

RELEASE DATE: October 1, 2018

AGEABILITY: 10-15