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VIDAL ICEWINE 2015 VQA Niagara Peninsula |
Vintage Assessments Tasting Note |
Producer |
PONDVIEW |
Bright medium gold colour. Fairly intense, sweet, honeyed, baked apple nose with some vinyl shower curtain notes. Very sweet, medium bodied, viscous, Seville orange-apricot marmalade flavours with a very spicy, bright, lingering, vanilla-caramel finish with some vinyl notes. Has 10.5% alcohol and according to the LCBO website 194 g/L residual sugar vs. 222 g/L residual sugar on the winery website. Not up to the 2014 (**+) released September 17, 2016 at $19.95. |
CSPC |
390351 |
Type |
Icewine |
Agent |
Pon Est |
Country |
Canada |
Region |
Ontario |
Rating |
**(87.5 points) Very Sweet, Viscous, Orange Marmalade, |
LCBO Note |
Status |
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TASTING NOTE: Vidal Icewine is an Ontario benchmark, and this one raises an already impressive bar even more. Luscious and vibrant with aromas and flavours of honeydew melon, apricot, apple, honey, spice and pie, with a beautiful long and sweet lingering tangy fruit finish. (Adam Lechmere, VINTAGES panel, Aug. 2016) |
Price |
$ 19.95 |
Bottle Size |
200 mL |
Tasting Date |
vintages release - March 18, 2017 |
Cases bought |
149 (12 bottles per case) |
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Score:
- Not Presented * Below Average
*+ OK
** Good
**+ Excellent
*** Outstanding
***+ Exceptional
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