There’s less forward sweetness, tamed a bit by age, allowing the fruit to softly play a lead role.Įiswein is one of the estate’s sweet wine specialities. CASA LARGA CABERNET FRANC ICE WINEĪnother slightly aged ice wine, this one made from Cab Franc, with intermingling sweet and dry red fruit flavors (think cherry, strawberry, cranberry, pomegranate). Over time, brighter notes tend to recede and let a slightly richer, deeper character come out, as with this bottle from 2007-darker than a young ice wine, with notes of raisin intermingling with the more traditional apricot and lighter, honeyed fruits. With higher levels of acidity and sugar, ice wine is typically a good candidate for aging. HUNT COUNTY VINEYARDS VIDAL BLANC ICE WINE Round red flavors, at once bright and brambly.
Made with Cabernet Franc, with an interplay of complex red fruits and even some supple tannins (10% of the wine is aged in French oak). This one’s definitely a splurge, but if you consider that each grape (supposedly) yields but one drop of sugary-sweet juice, you might get why.
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2.PELLER ESTATES SIGNATURE SERIES – BEST SPLURGE Because much of the water in the grapes is frozen, the pressed juice is concentrated, rich in flavor and high in sugar and acidity. As soon as the temperature drops sufficiently and the grapes freeze, the grapes must be picked before dawn, and pressed before they thaw. To make ice wine, the winemaker leaves the grapes on the vine, long after traditional harvest season has ended, hoping neither rain nor hungry wildlife gets the grapes first. Ice wine (Eiswein in Germany and icewine in Canada) is a rich, flavorful and rare dessert wine. 1.WEINGUT MARKUS HUBER BERG RIESLING EISWEIN
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