Top 100 wines of Ontario - Page 7
Discover the top 100 best wines of Ontario as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Ontario and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Discovering the wine region of Ontario
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.
Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot
Dark, full-bodied reds with tight tannins and inky colour, showing aromas of blackberry, violet, gentle spice, liquorice and mentholated balsamic notes. Contributes colour, structure and aromatic freshness to great Médoc blends (Palmer, Léoville-Las Cases) where it remains a minority. Also vinified as a single variety in Spain (La Mancha), California, Australia and Argentina. A late-ripening Bordeaux variety.
Food and wine pairing with a wine of Ontario
wines from the region of Ontario go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of fillet of beef with morels, chicken with merguez and tomatoes or chicken tagine with lemon confit (marrakech style).
Organoleptic analysis of wine of Ontario
On the nose in the region of Ontario often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or pineapple and sometimes also flavors of tropical, peach or pear. In the mouth in the region of Ontario is a powerful with a nice freshness.
