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VIDAL ICEWINE 2013 VQA Niagara River, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
Vintage Assessments Tasting Note Producer REIF ESTATE
Bright medium gold colour. Very sweet, intense, warm baked apple puree nose. Intense, very sweet, medium to medium-full bodied, viscous, harmonious, mouthfilling, honeyed, spicy, melon-apricot-apple puree flavours with a lifted, candy apple, Seville orange marmalade tinged finish. Has 10% alcohol and 247 g/L residual sugar. Not quite up to the recommended best buy 2012 (***) released on November 22, 2014 at $24.95. CSPC 544791
Type Fortified Wine - Icewine
Agent Rei Win
Country Canada
Region Ontario
Rating **+(89 points)
Sweet, Honeyed, Spicy
LCBO Text Status Recommended by Vintage Assessments!
TASTING NOTE: Ontario's emergence as a serious wine region was heralded by Vidal Icewine, and Reif has been adding additional emphasis to this story since 1984. Their 2013 offers a delightful catalogue of evocative aromas and flavours including caramel, honey, cantaloupe, marmalade, peach, gingerbread, and apricot preserves. The luscious sweetness is perfectly offset by a vibrant balancing acidity that obviates any possibility of cloying on the long finish. (VINTAGES panel, Jan. 2015) Price $ 24.95
Bottle Size 200 mL
Tasting Date vintages release - April 18, 2015
Cases bought 239 (12 bottles per case)

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Score:  - NOT PRESENTED  * Very Basic   *+ OK   ** Good   **/**+ Very Good   **+ Excellent   *** Outstanding   ***+ Superb

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