The Cave Spring of Niagara Peninsula of Ontario

Cave Spring
The winery offers 45 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 19 of the estates of Ontario.
It is located in Niagara Peninsula in the region of Ontario
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The Cave Spring is one of the world's great estates. It offers 45 wines for sale in of Niagara Peninsula to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Cave Spring wines

Looking for the best Cave Spring wines in Niagara Peninsula among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Cave Spring wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Cave Spring wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Cave Spring

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Cave Spring

How Cave Spring wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of celine's version of moussaka (5th meeting), bocconcini (veal rolls with ham and comté) or rabbit with tomato.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Cave Spring

On the nose the red wine of Cave Spring. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or smoke and sometimes also flavors of earthy, blackberry or minerality. In the mouth the red wine of Cave Spring. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Cave Spring

  • 2010With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.75/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.72/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.68/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.68/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Cave Spring.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Pinot Noir
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Gamay

Discovering the wine region of Niagara Peninsula

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.

The top white wines of Cave Spring

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Cave Spring

How Cave Spring wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of rougail sausage, cuttlefish in sauce or lentil soup with carrots and coconut milk.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Cave Spring

On the nose the white wine of Cave Spring. often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, oaky or tropical and sometimes also flavors of citrus, apples or peach. In the mouth the white wine of Cave Spring. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Cave Spring

  • 2008With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2022With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.85/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.85/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.79/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Cave Spring.

  • Riesling
  • Chardonnay
  • Chardonnay Musque
  • Chenin Blanc
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Pinot Gris

Discover the grape variety: Riesling

Crystalline, taut whites with vibrant acidity and aromas of citrus, green apple, white flowers, vineyard peach and mineral/petrol notes with age. Made as dry (Trocken, Alsace), off-dry (Kabinett, Spätlese) and sweet (Auslese, Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerenauslese, late harvest). Star of the Moselle, Rheingau, Alsace AOC and Wachau. Also exported to Clare Valley and Finger Lakes.

The top sparkling wines of Cave Spring

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Cave Spring

How Cave Spring wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of flamenkuche express, pasta with tuna and tomato or vegan leek and tofu quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Cave Spring

On the nose the sparkling wine of Cave Spring. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Cave Spring

  • 0With an average score of 3.72/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Cave Spring.

  • Chardonnay
  • Chardonnay Musque
  • Riesling

The word of the wine: OIV

International Organisation of Vine and Wine. Intergovernmental organization studying the technical, scientific or economic questions raised by the culture of the vine and the production of wine.

The top pink wines of Cave Spring

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Cave Spring

How Cave Spring wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef pot au feu (grandma's style), gratin of fresh chard (green and ribs) or duck pot au feu.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Cave Spring

On the nose the pink wine of Cave Spring. often reveals types of flavors of earth, vegetal or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Cave Spring

  • 2013With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.42/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Cave Spring.

  • Cabernet Franc

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

Whites with many faces: mineral and taut at Chablis (lemon, green apple, flint), opulent and buttery at Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet (hazelnut, brioche, yellow fruits), tense and chalky in Champagne (Blanc de Blancs). Also vinified sparkling and widely exported (Sonoma, Margaret River, Casablanca). A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc, half-sibling of Aligoté.

The top sweet wines of Cave Spring

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Cave Spring

How Cave Spring wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of sauerkraut (with tips so to do!!!), spanish seafood paella or makrouna salsa (tunisian pastry).

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Cave Spring

On the nose the sweet wine of Cave Spring. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or microbio. In the mouth the sweet wine of Cave Spring. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Cave Spring

  • 2008With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2006With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2004With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.08/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Cave Spring.

  • Riesling

The word of the wine: Frank

Said of a wine that is open and delivers itself immediately, and whose clarity excludes any defect.

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Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

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.