INNISKILLIN VIDAL ICEWINE – NIAGARA ESTATE
$59.99
Vidal is a hybrid (Ugni Blanc and Seibel) that has a thick skin suitable for harvesting late in the season. It is the grape grown most for Icewine in Ontario. It’s good natural acidity gives great structure to the lusciousness of its tropical aromas and flavors of mango and lychee. Inniskillin Vidal Icewine is made in two distinct styles-without oak aging for fresh fruit emphasis and with oak aging for added complexity.
- Size: .375L
Description
Decanter
Lifted tropical fruit, marmalade, lychee and kaffir lime nose. Honeyed and viscous with a gorgeous, creamy vibrant palate that is intensely sweet but not heavy. Beautifully drinkable.
94 Points, Editor’s Choice, Wine Enthusiast
93 Points, Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
The 2017 Vidal Icewine comes in with 255 grams of residual sugar, 9.79 of total acidity and a pH of 3.55. Unctuous and rather syrupy, this is a sugar rush from the first moment. The flavors and aromatics, though, are classic. The wine itself is delicious. It is fun to just smell. This is super, a hedonistic and sexy wine with a big, flavorful finish. The juicy finish dribbles sugar and fruit all over the palate. The next day, this seemed to be in better balance and fresher but also a touch thinner. It is nuanced with some tasty pineapples. This lacks the density of the Gold Vidal this issue, but it is spicier and livelier.