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GOLD SERIES VIDAL ICEWINE 2015 VQA Niagara Peninsula, Ontario |
Vintage Assessments Tasting Note |
Producer |
PONDVIEW |
Bright medium gold colour. Fairly intense, sweet, honeyed, ripe apple nose. Very sweet, medium bodied, viscous, Seville-orange apricot marmalade flavours with a very spicy, bright, lingering, vanilla-caramel finish with some tropical fruit cocktail notes. This SECOND REPEAT has 10.5% alcohol and according to the LCBO website now 205 g/L residual sugar. The 2015 (**+) was last released on December 9, 2017 at $19.95. TONY ASPLER / 91-points / BEST BUY - Old gold in colour; honeyed peach bouquet with a spicy, botrytis note; medium-bodied, sweet, richly extracted honeyed peach and mango flavours. |
CSPC |
390351 |
Type |
Icewine - Icewine |
Agent |
Pon Est |
Country |
Canada |
Region |
Ontario |
Rating |
**+(89 points) Very Sweet, Tangy, Apple |
LCBO Note |
Status |
A Vintage Assessments Explorer's Selection! |
TASTING NOTE: This is pale-gold in colour with aromas of clover, apricot, and apple pie. It's full bodied and syrupy sweet with flavours of dried apricot and apple, trailing off to a fruit-forward finish. Use this as an ingredient in the winery's own Vidal Icewine Apple Chutney recipe. Score - 89 (Dave Isaacs, winecurrent.com, Dec. 4, 2017) |
Price |
$ 19.95 |
Bottle Size |
200 mL |
Tasting Date |
vintages release - May 26, 2018 |
Cases bought |
351 (12 bottles per case) |
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Score:
- Not Presented * Below Average
*+ OK
** Good
**+ Excellent
*** Outstanding
***+ Exceptional
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