Château des CharmesCabernet Franc Icewine
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
The Cabernet Franc Icewine of the Château des Charmes is in the top 80 of wines of Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Food and wine pairings with Cabernet Franc Icewine
Pairings that work perfectly with Cabernet Franc Icewine
Original food and wine pairings with Cabernet Franc Icewine
The Cabernet Franc Icewine of Château des Charmes matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of blanquette of monkfish with small vegetables, baked pork chops or duck aiguillettes with apples.
Details and technical informations about Château des Charmes's Cabernet Franc Icewine.
Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc
Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Cabernet Franc Icewine from Château des Charmes are 2012
Informations about the Château des Charmes
The Château des Charmes is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 38 wines for sale in the of Niagara-on-the-Lake to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Niagara-on-the-Lake
Niagara-on-the-Lake is a regional VQA appellation in Ontario, Canada, on the southern shores of Lake Ontario and surrounded by water on three sides. It produces the largest Volume of ice wine in the world, more so than the style's homeland of Germany. Riesling, Cabernet Franc and Vidal are planted widely for this style. There are around 20 wineries in operation here and international wine-producing powerhouses such as Inniskillin, Jackson Triggs and Peller Estate are collectively responsible for the majority of Canadian ice wines sold outside of Canada.
The wine region of Ontario
Ontario is the most populated and prolific wine producing province in Canada. The Long established wine industry here is centered around the Great Lakes of Erie and Ontario, where the continental Climate is moderated heavily by the large bodies of water. The majority of wines produced in Ontario are Dry table wines (around 60 percent are white and 40 percent red). They are mostly made from Riesling, Cabernet Franc, Chardonnay, and Pinot Noir.
The word of the wine: Mouth
The mouth is the third stage of wine tasting after the eye and nose. In the mouth, the taster identifies the aromas through the retronasal route, the flavours and the texture. It is in the mouth that the overall balance of the wine is apprehended.
