Discover the top 100 best sweet wines of Niagara Peninsula of Niagara Peninsula as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the sweet wines that are popular of Niagara Peninsula and the best vintages to taste in this region.
World reference for Icewine: concentrated sweet wines from grapes frozen on the vine, golden colour, signature notes of candied apricot, mango, honey, citrus and exotic fruit, high sugar balanced by lively acidity. 90% of Canadian Icewine (Vidal for fruit, Riesling for finesse). Cool-climate still wines: mineral Riesling, precise Chardonnay, fine Pinot Noir, peppery Cabernet Franc. Southern shores of Lake Ontario.
VQA, 5,200 ha.
Round and fleshy reds with a velvety texture, showing aromas of ripe plum, black cherry, cocoa and truffle notes with age. Supple tannins, generous alcohol, indulgent finish. Pillar of Libournais (Pomerol with Pétrus, Saint-Émilion with Cheval Blanc and Ausone) and signature of Super Tuscans, Italian Wales and Washington State. A cross of Cabernet Franc × Magdeleine Noire, France's most planted red variety.
sweet wines from the region of Niagara Peninsula go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef with mustard, chicken in red wine or duck sleeves in cider.
On the nose in the region of Niagara Peninsula often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, pineapple or cream and sometimes also flavors of cherry, grapefruit or oaky. In the mouth in the region of Niagara Peninsula is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
