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 salmon with cream sauce, gloom and doom or roast duck breast stuffed with porcini mushrooms and chanterelles.
Details and technical informations about Château des Charmes's Cabernet Franc Icewine.
Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc
Supple, fragrant reds with fine tannins and vibrant freshness, showing raspberry, violet, green pepper, pencil lead and gentle spice aromas. Star of the Loire as a single variety (Chinon, Bourgueil, Saumur-Champigny) and of the right bank of Bordeaux in blends (Cheval Blanc at 60%). Also in semi-dry Anjou rosés. A historic Bordeaux variety, parent of Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Carmenère.
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 peninsula on Lake Ontario, world's leading icewine producer (>90% of Canadian production). Signature icewines: concentrated sweet wines with signature notes of candied apricot, mango, yellow peach, honey, candied citrus and a floral touch, unctuous palate balanced by sharp acidity — on aromatic Vidal, taut Riesling and red-fruited Cabernet Franc. Also still wines: ample Chardonnay, fine Pinot Noir. Inniskillin, Peller iconic.
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.
The word of the wine: Soft
Sweet wine containing between 30 and 50 grams of residual sugar. A sweet wine is made from very ripe grapes but without being affected by botrytis cinerea and without being raisined. This term can also be applied to a dry wine that is smooth and fat in the mouth.
