(€106.66 L)
Vidal Icewine from Reif Estate Winery is a sweet wine. However, there are some hints of lively acidity that will pleasantly surprise your taste buds. This little acid taste harmoniously balances its sweet sweetness. This mixture of flavors gives rise to a surprising drink, but which remains very pleasant in the mouth. On tasting, it reveals deep and complex notes that evoke the sweetness of fruity aromas. It is a fresh blend of apricot and caramel, punctuated with a few hints of honey or peach.
Vidal Icewine is a wine made from the fermentation of grapes harvested from the vineyards of the Reif Estate Winery in Canada. Icewine is made from grapes that are left to freeze on the vine. The frost that naturally settles in these Canadian grape varieties produces spectacular aromas. The grapes are then crushed and it is from this fermented juice that the famous ice wine is produced.
The Vidal brand is an established benchmark in the field of icewine varieties in Canada and benefits from Quebec's heritage and know-how. This very winter-hardy grape variety is rich in sugar and contains a touch of acidity for which it is renowned.
It has an alcohol content of 10% and is offered on our site in a 375 ml bottle.
The Vidal Icewine particularly stands out for its rich and unique aroma. Served chilled, its taste will only be enhanced. It goes very well with desserts, fruit or cheese. It is a bottle to be shared with pleasure, but which can also be discovered alone. When you have it in your mouth, let yourself be seduced by its delicate velvety texture. You will also let yourself be transported by the story that this wine will tell you: a tale of aromas and flavors that comes from the deepest winter in Canada.
Vidal Icewine is Canada's liquid gold — an exceptional sweet wine made from grapes naturally frozen on the vine at -8°C minimum. Vidal grape (hybrid), ~10-11% ABV, intense golden robe. Notes of honey, candied apricot, mango and white flowers. Canada is the world's largest icewine producer.
A Sauternes (Bordeaux) draws its concentration from noble rot (Botrytis cinerea). Hungarian Tokaji too. Canadian icewine concentrates sugars through natural freezing on the vine — no mould, just Canadian cold. The secret: cleaner, fresher aromatic profile without wax or mushroom notes.
Store the bottle (often 200 or 375 ml) lying down, away from light, at 10-15°C. Serve it very chilled (8-10°C) in an INAO glass or tasting flute, in small quantities. Once opened, drink within 5-7 days in the fridge. Ages well 5-10 years, gaining complexity.
~10-11% ABV, but very sweet (200-250 g residual sugar/L). Sip in very small quantities (50-75 ml per tasting). Gluten-free, lactose-free, real grape wine. Contains sulphites (always, in wine). Avoid for pregnant women and drivers.
Icewine is the ultimate dessert companion: apple pie, lemon tart, crème brûlée, maple-syrup pancakes. Cheeses: the star pairing is with Roquefort, Stilton or Fourme d'Ambert. Also sublime with foie gras au torchon or sea-urchin sushi. Serve at meal's end like a grand cru.
Icewine is expensive for good reasons: night harvest at -8°C minimum, 10x lower yield than classic wine (1 bottle from 5-10 kg of frozen grapes), long, delicate vinification. The price includes transatlantic shipping and alcohol taxes. Compared to Sauternes, Tokaji, German Riesling TBA: same exceptional class.
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