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Creekside Vidal Icewine 2015 (200ml)

Canada, Ontario
93 WA 93 Points (WineAlign)

“What makes Icewine so special” you may ask? It’s the risk that a farmer takes when they decide to hang their precious grapes for an indeterminately long time outside, butt-naked and unprotected from the winter elements. It’s the passionate people that go out into freezing cold winter’s night to pick these grapes and then immediately press them to extract what equates to one drop of sweet luscious juice from each grape. It’s the winemakers that patiently and carefully baby the ferment and coax it along to find the perfect balance between sweetness, alcohol and acidity. And ultimately, it’s YOU who appreciate and enjoy the hedonistic experience of drinking an Icewine and savouring all the intensely interesting flavours and luscious texture that it brings to your palate.

Country Canada
Province Ontario
Region Niagara Peninsula
Sub-Ava Four Mile Creek VQA
Producer Creekside Estate Winery
Vintage 2015
Color Dessert Wine
Varietal(s) Vidal
¥5,500  (incl. tax)

“What makes Icewine so special” you may ask? It’s the risk that a farmer takes when they decide to hang their precious grapes for an indeterminately long time outside, butt-naked and unprotected from the winter elements. It’s the passionate people that go out into freezing cold winter’s night to pick these grapes and then immediately press them to extract what equates to one drop of sweet luscious juice from each grape. It’s the winemakers that patiently and carefully baby the ferment and coax it along to find the perfect balance between sweetness, alcohol and acidity. And ultimately, it’s YOU who appreciate and enjoy the hedonistic experience of drinking an Icewine and savouring all the intensely interesting flavours and luscious texture that it brings to your palate.

Country Canada
Province Ontario
Region Niagara Peninsula
Sub-Ava Four Mile Creek VQA
Producer Creekside Estate Winery
Vintage 2015
Color Dessert Wine
Varietal(s) Vidal
Data
Closure Cork
Volume 200ml
Alcohol 10%
Product Code A012D00115
UPC 819761002754
Inventory In Stock (24)
Tag(s)  Icewine
Owning & Enjoying

Tasting notes

Vidal’s typically lush expression is embodied in this voluptuous Icewine. Conversely, it exhibits far more freshness and definition than one would expect resulting in balance and tension. Notes of apricot, fresh peach and honey and almond linger on the finish of considerable length. Highly memorable.

Pairing

Pair alongside fruit-driven desserts, cheesecake, ice cream and with soft cheeses like Brie and pungent cheeses such as Stilton.

Cellaring

Enjoy through 2030

Press
93WineAlign
Sara d'Amato Vidal’s typically lush expression is embodied in this voluptuous Icewine. Conversely, it exhibits far more freshness and definition than one would expect resulting in balance and tension. Notes of apricot, fresh peach and honey and almond linger on the finish of considerable length. Highly memorable. Tasted January 2020
Production

Appellation

VQA Four Mile Creek

Vinification

100% Vidal Icewine from the Four Mile Creek Appellation. Grapes were harvested and pressed while still frozen in January and a long cool fermentation in stainless steel followed. We stopped the ferment just when we thought the balance was right.

Sugar: 23.5g/L

Producer

Producer Description

Creekside Estate Winery opened in 1997 in small-town Jordan, Ontario.  The Winery is run by a passionate (some say fanatical) group of industry veterans who have decades of experience in their respective fields. The team of self-described cork dorks love what they do, and have fun doing it. 

Early on the darlings of the Creekside portfolio were, like the people who created them, a little outside of the mainstream fold; Sauvignon Blanc and Syrah are the signature wines.  Creekside has also developed a cult following for its Sauvignon Blanc / Semillon blend and Ontario’s award winning Broken Press Syrah.

Despite being considered viticulturally off-kilter for the region these 2 grapes showed promise and the early successes spurred further investment in the vineyard and cellar.  

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