Inniskillin Ice Wine Cabernet Franc 06 375 ml
HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDFrom the winery: "This wine is both intensely aromatic and varietally distinct, from an incredible Icewine vintage. Portraying aromas of herbs, eucalyptus, strawberry, baked rhubarb and spiced apple. Rich echoing flavors of cranberry, apple and strawberry are enlightened by a refreshed acidity, creating a truly vibrant and invigorating experience!"
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VINIFICATION
The harvest occurs at the pinnacle of Canada's crisp winter.
Exceptional grapes, naturally frozen on the vine, are delicately handpicked
and carefully pressed throughout the night. Grapes, picked
frozen solid from the vines, were manually loaded into the presses
without de-stemming or crushing, and were pressed at an ambient
temperature of -10?C or colder. This technique yields only a fraction
of the normal yield (approximately 10 - 20%) as most of the natural
water portion of the juice remains in the press in the form of ice
crystals. During the pressing the water in the grapes remains frozen
as ice crystals, and is easily extracted from the juice. What remains
are a few precious drops of silky sweet unadulterated liquid. Once
guided through our arduous fermentation, the resulting wine can only
be hailed as the Nectar of the Gods.
TASTING NOTES
This wine is both intensely aromatic and varietally distinct, from an
incredible Icewine vintage. Portraying aromas of herbs, eucalyptus,
strawberry, baked rhubarb and spiced apple. Rich echoing flavors of
cranberry, apple and strawberry are enlightened by a refreshed acidity,
creating a truly vibrant and invigorating experience!
Food Pairing Suggestions: Fruit based desserts - Stone, red, pear, and
apple. Spiced desserts, sweet / spicy sauces and chutneys, bitter/
sweet chocolate, foie gras - pan seared or terrine, and spiced asian
cuisine. Cheeses - Rich blue veined & selected cream based i.e.
Roquefort, saga, cambonzola, blue ermite, le ciel de charlevoix, bleu
de la moutonniere, bleubry cayer, cabrales, torta and gorgonzola.
Avoid extremely sweet desserts, as they will diminish all the wonderful
enlightening natural acidity in Icewine and create a cloying unpleasant
effect on your palate.
Serving Temperature: 5 - 8?C.
