Discover the top 100 best sweet wines of Ontario as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the sweet wines that are popular of Ontario and the best vintages to taste in this region.
World reference for Canadian Icewine: exceptional sweet wines from grapes frozen on the vine, golden colour, signature notes of candied apricot, mango, honey, citrus and exotic fruits, opulent sugar balanced by taut acidity (Vidal for fruit, Riesling for finesse). Cool-climate still wines: mineral, lively Riesling, precise Chardonnay, fine Pinot Noir (cherry, undergrowth), peppery Cabernet Franc. ~5,500 ha on the Niagara Peninsula between Lake Ontario and the escarpment, VQA.
Elegant reds, light in colour with silky tannins, showing strawberry, cherry and raspberry aromas, evolving to forest floor, mushroom and spice with age. Fresh acidity, delicate finish. Star of the Côte d'Or (Romanée-Conti, Chambertin, Volnay), pillar of Champagne (Blanc de Noirs) and signature of Oregon, Central Otago and Sonoma Coast. An early-ripening Burgundian variety, one of the world's greatest.
sweet wines from the region of Ontario go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of braised (green) cabbage, grilled lobster with tarragon cream sauce or chicken with rice and curry cream.
On the nose in the region of Ontario often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, tropical or peach and sometimes also flavors of pear, honeysuckle or honey. In the mouth in the region of Ontario is a powerful with a nice freshness.
