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Vidal “Gold” Icewine 2021 – Inniskillin (375ml)

Name: Vidal "Gold" Icewine 2021 - Inniskillin (375ml) | Shelved Wine
SKU: IN201H21LB
Price: 51.23 GBP
Availability: InStock

£51.23

This rich and concentrated icewine boasts flavours of ripe peach and juicy tangerine with a touch of warm baking spice. The lively acidity adds the perfect balance to this delicious nectar, its smooth texture and solid structure lead to an extended fruit filled finish.

12 in stock

SKU: IN201H21LB Categories: 2021, Canada, Different formats, Inniskillin, Never sweet enough, Ontario, Sweet, Vegan, Vegeterian, Vidal, White Wine Tag: Niagara

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The grapes to produce the Vidal “Gold” Icewine Inniskillin are harvested at a frigid -10°C, the frozen bunches were immediately pressed to obtain a viscous and concentrated juice. Allowed to cold settle for 72 hours, the clean juice was racked off, inoculated and fermented for 22 days in new French oak. The Vidal “Gold” Icewine Inniskillin was then allowed an additional four months of ageing in French oak before being filtered and bottled.

The Niagara Peninsula is a cool climate region and the mineral-rich soils are the result of melting glaciers that left behind large and varied deposits of gravel, sand and clay, as they receded approximately 13,000 years ago. Thanks to the warming influence of Lake Ontario and the Niagara River, the region’s temperatures during fruit-ripening are moderate and consistent.

Inniskillin is now synonymous with top-quality Icewine, a fact underlined by the numerous awards they have won: these are the wines that have put Canadian Icewine on the map. The Winert was established in 1975 by Austrian chemist Karl Kaiser and Italian-Canadian agriculture graduate Donald Ziraldo, Following Kaiser’s retirement in 2006, Bruce Nicholson joined Inniskillin in Niagara as senior winemaker. Born and raised in the Niagara Peninsula, Bruce sits on the technical committee of the Vintners’ Quality Alliance in Ontario (VQA) and the committee for Sustainable Winemaking of the Wine Council of Ontario. Bruce has become Canada’s most awarded winemaker, with many awards including the Gran Premio from Vinitaly for his Icewine, in addition to being twice named Top Winemaker at the San Francisco International Wine Challenge. The harvest of the precious Icewine grapes cannot begin until temperatures drop below -8°C for a sustained period of time. Inniskillin does not pick at temperatures warmer than -10°C, which reduces yields and increases quality; the frozen clusters are often harvested in the cool of night. The grapes are pressed immediately while their water content is frozen in crystals, leaving only a few coveted drops of concentrated, intense liquid, which is then fermented slowly over the following months to become Icewine.