Ice Wine
This is a dessert wine that can only be made when it is very cold out. Ice wine is made from those gapes which are deliberately allowed to stay on vines longer than normal time.l... into the time when it begins to snow.. This wine is very sweet so it would go well with maybe some cheese. You don't want something too sweet to eat with this wine. This wine will have fresh, clean flavors of citrus, the tropical fruit lychee, minerals, and floral.
Ice-wine is an extraordinary gift from the extreme cold climate of Canada. The most spectacular thing about this grape is that each grape produces joss a luxurious and rich smooth drop of ice-wine...
Ice wine though not invented in Canada, but was perfected there. The whole process of harvesting is done by hand as soon as the temperature drops below -19 to -13 degree Celsius. The water portion inside the grape freezes inside naturally in form of crystals and remains inside while pressing, but the tiny amount of concentrated juice expressed out.
The ice wine is very expensive as compared to the other wines. This is due to the fact that when the grape is frozen; dried and thawed the grape produces one fifth of a normal unfrozen grape would produce. Thus where a grape would produce one bottle of wine, the frozen grape would produce just a glass full of it.
The wine thus obtained is intensely sweet and the acidity gives in a dry finish. The wine has an aroma of lychee nuts and taste of tropical fruits like plums, mango and peach. Once swallowed it leaves a refreshing sensation to one.
The most predominant grapes used for this wine are sauvignon Blanc, Riesling, cabernet franc etc…
A quick look in the history or say the origin of this wine shows us that. During the exceptionally cold winter in 1794, the Franconia wine producers due to the necessity for money used the frozen grapes for making wine, and there it was the first glass of ice-wine. They were quite surprised by the sweet and high concentration of sugar. But it was only 1800 are that it was first commercially produced.
The ice-wine producing grapes need nice long warm summer season and extreme winter, which is provided in the Niagra region of Canada. Also Quebec is fine producer of this wine.
A bottle of ice-wine once opened is best used up within 3-5days, provided that after opening it is re-corked and refrigerated well. This because of its high sugar content.
It should be served in a long stemware with a fairly large open bowl, which is said to amplify its aroma and the flavor intensifies.
Best served chilled but not icy cold with a fresh fruit palate.
Ice-wine is an extraordinary gift from the extreme cold climate of Canada. The most spectacular thing about this grape is that each grape produces joss a luxurious and rich smooth drop of ice-wine...
Ice wine though not invented in Canada, but was perfected there. The whole process of harvesting is done by hand as soon as the temperature drops below -19 to -13 degree Celsius. The water portion inside the grape freezes inside naturally in form of crystals and remains inside while pressing, but the tiny amount of concentrated juice expressed out.
The ice wine is very expensive as compared to the other wines. This is due to the fact that when the grape is frozen; dried and thawed the grape produces one fifth of a normal unfrozen grape would produce. Thus where a grape would produce one bottle of wine, the frozen grape would produce just a glass full of it.
The wine thus obtained is intensely sweet and the acidity gives in a dry finish. The wine has an aroma of lychee nuts and taste of tropical fruits like plums, mango and peach. Once swallowed it leaves a refreshing sensation to one.
The most predominant grapes used for this wine are sauvignon Blanc, Riesling, cabernet franc etc…
A quick look in the history or say the origin of this wine shows us that. During the exceptionally cold winter in 1794, the Franconia wine producers due to the necessity for money used the frozen grapes for making wine, and there it was the first glass of ice-wine. They were quite surprised by the sweet and high concentration of sugar. But it was only 1800 are that it was first commercially produced.
The ice-wine producing grapes need nice long warm summer season and extreme winter, which is provided in the Niagra region of Canada. Also Quebec is fine producer of this wine.
A bottle of ice-wine once opened is best used up within 3-5days, provided that after opening it is re-corked and refrigerated well. This because of its high sugar content.
It should be served in a long stemware with a fairly large open bowl, which is said to amplify its aroma and the flavor intensifies.
Best served chilled but not icy cold with a fresh fruit palate.
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