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$26.95 Regular

$24.25
in any 12 bottle order or Build a Case

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Highly recommended - one of the highest rated Washington ice wines and a great price.

2008 Vintage Tasting Notes

2008 Wine Advocate - 92 points - The 2008 Chenin Blanc Ice Wine is a winner (as usual). Lovely aromas of melon and tropical fruits are followed by a very sweet, bracing elixir that offers considerable complexity and a few years of aging potential. It is one of the great values in sweet dessert wine. Kiona Vineyards and Winery has been producing wine since 1980 (and growing grapes for considerably longer than that). It has long been a puzzle because its grapes are in great demand, but Kiona itself has had difficulty taking advantage of their superior farming. The winery interestingly has always done its best work with sweeter wines (Riesling and Chenin Blanc). Suggested Retail $40 - $50." - Jay Miller, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Highly recommended by Avalon Wine - our most popular ice wine from Washington, year after year. Wonderful flavors. Wine Press NW rating "Outstanding". A fascinating dessert wine with remarkably concentrated white peach, apple, and apricot flavors. Some burnt caramel flavors meld with the big acids and fruit flavors.

2007 Vintage Tasting Notes

Kiona Ice Wine 07 received 93 points from Wine Advocate (Parker) 7/08.

They said: "The 2007 Ice Wine is a Chenin Blanc-Riesling blend with 20% residual sugar. The aromatics are quite heavenly with notes of peach, tangerine, mango, and kiwi. On the palate the wine is smooth textured, racy, and nicely balanced. It should evolve for quite some time given the acid backbone. It is also a fabulous value in sweet wine."

Wine Spectator 90 points

"Very sweet and rich in texture, offering honey and wildflower aromas and flavors that persist nicely on the unctuous finish. Drink now through 2007. 500 cases made."(HS)