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Konzelmann Riesling Ice Wine 2004
VQA Niagara Peninsula 375 ml $53.95
A stunning wine producing a fabulous wine-tasting experience. The perfumed aromas are redolent of
marmalade peel and ultra-ripe nectarines. The unctuous and palate-drenching flavours are an amalgam
of tropical fruits and citrus peel with perfect balance in acidity to keep it laser-like clean on
the finish. Serve well chilled, as dessert or with fruit flan. Winner of Gold and Best of Show
Sweet White at 2006 Ottawa Wine and Food show. Order via wine@konzelmannwines.com.
Henry of Pelham Off-Dry Riesling Reserve 2004
VQA Niagara Peninsula $14.95 (557165)
Released in Vintages late 2005, and available from the winery, this is a well-paced off-dry Riesling
that you can cellar for five or more years. It’s rich now, with a range of tropical fruit and honeyed
notes, and with crisp, clean acidity. The finish is a long tail of tropical and white grapefruit.
Cave Spring Riesling Reserve
VQA Niagara Peninsula, Beamsville Bench $17.95 (286377)
Verging on off-dry, this is a delicious fruity Riesling from a Niagara winery that's both well-established
and dynamic. Look for floral and peach in the aromas and a replay on the palate with that mineral seam you
find in so many of
Cave Spring's Rieslings. Medium bodied and with a long finish, this is a natural for
spicy seafood like ginger and garlic shrimp.
Château des Charmes Late Harvest Riesling 2004
VQA Niagara-on-the-Lake $17.95 (432930)
This is a marvellous and inexpensive dessert wine that will also drink well with briny blue cheese.
It has medium sweetness, which makes it more versatile than most icewines, and offers up attractive
aromas of peach and honey. They're in the flavours, too, along with some deeper tropical fruit notes.
Pillitteri Riesling Icewine 2004
VQA Niagara Peninsula $29.95 (200 mL)
Winemaker Sue-Ann Staff , Niagara's undisputed "doyen of dessert wine," presents her credentials in a
bottle. Exotic Indian spice, apple and pear aromatics drift alluringly from the glass. Flavours attack
in huge waves of candied pineapple, ginger and clove-infused apple plus ripe caramelized pear. The
fabulously rich finish has the necessary dollop of acidity, to keep it from being cloying, along with
layers of the previously-mentioned fruit. A stunning wine to be served, well chilled, on its own, as
the dessert.
Inniskillin Riesling Icewine 2004
VQA Niagara Peninsula $69.95 (375 mL)
Aromatics of rose petals and spice-ladened pears form the beguiling nose of this classy number. This wine
is plush and full-textured on the palate as layers of honey and rich, ripe tropical fruit (nectarine, mango
and quince) wash over the palate. The fruit-forward finish is lengthy and deftly balanced. This would pair
well with a peach, pear or apple dessert.
Coyote's Run Riesling Icewine 2004
VQA Niagara Peninsula $49.95 (375 mL)
This is a rich icewine with honey-veneered flavours of concentrated peach, apple and pear. A nice seam
of citric acidity from the mid-palate on cuts through the sweetness to allow you to have a second glass
while you finish your seared foie gras or cut another piece of tangy blue cheese.