Inniskillin Niagara Cabernet Franc Icewine 2022 (Half bottle)
Inniskillin Niagara Cabernet Franc Icewine
Region: Niagara, Ontario, Canada
Vintage: 2022
Bottle size: 37.5cl
Grape: Cabernet Franc
ABV: 9.5%
There is an abundance of ripe strawberries, raspberries and rhubarb on the nose. These notes are carried through to the palate. This decadent ice wine shows a wonderful balance of sweetness, richness and acidity.
The Cabernet Franc grapes are harvested from selected vineyards in the Niagara Peninsula. This region is considered a cool climate viticulture 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 the fruit ripening phase are moderate and consistent. The vines are all trained to VSP.
After harvest took place from select vineyards at -10 degrees, the grapes were pressed and the vicious juice was cold settled for seven days. Cool fermentation in stainless steel tanks lasted for approximately 21 days before filtering and bottling.
These are the wines that have put Canadian Icewine on the map. Established in 1975 by Austrian chemist Karl Kaiser and Italian-Canadian agriculture graduate Donald Ziraldo, Inniskillin is now synonymous with top-quality Icewine, a fact underlined by the numerous awards they have won. 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 accolades including the Gran Premio from Vinitaly for his Icewine, in addition to being twice named Top Winemaker at the San Francisco International Wine Challenge.
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