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VIDAL ICEWINE 2014 VQA Niagara River, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
Vintage Assessments Tasting Note Producer REIF ESTATE
Bright ambering yellow gold colour. Very sweet, intense, warm baked apple puree nose. Very sweet, medium bodied, gently viscous, harmonious, honeyed, spicy, apple-melon-apricot puree flavours with a lifted, Seville orange marmalade-tinged finish. A great buy for those who are looking for high-quality, reasonably-priced icewine. Has 10% alcohol and 204 g/L residual sugar. Even better than the 2013 which last appeared in Vintages (***) with 90-points on September 19, 2015 at $24.95. CSPC 544791
Type Fortified Wine - Icewine
Agent Rei Win
Country Canada
Region Ontario
Rating ***(91 points)
Very Sweet, Honeyed, Spicy
LCBO Note Status Recommended by Vintage Assessments!
A Best Buy
TASTING NOTE: Reif Estate Winery produced one of Canada's first Icewines. This one is sourced from Vidal grapes planted in 1981 and it offers intense cantaloupe, stone fruit and fig, with vibrant acidity and a long, rich finish. (VINTAGES panel, Aug. 2016) Price $ 24.95
Bottle Size 200 mL
Tasting Date vintages release - November 12, 2016
Cases bought 479 (12 bottles per case)

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