Palatine Hills EstateLakeshore Red
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Lakeshore Red of Palatine Hills Estate in the region of Ontario often reveals types of flavors of oaky, raspberry or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, red fruit.
Details and technical informations about Palatine Hills Estate's Lakeshore Red.
Discover the grape variety: Autumn royal
Table grape with long bunches and elongated, seedless black-violet berries with thin skin and crunchy flesh, neutral sweet flavour. Late ripening, autumn harvest. Very rarely vinified. Grown in California, Australia, South Africa and Chile for export markets, prized for its attractive appearance and extended cold-storage life. An American seedless table grape variety developed in California in 1996.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Lakeshore Red from Palatine Hills Estate are 2016, 2013, 2017
Informations about the Palatine Hills Estate
The Palatine Hills Estate is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 17 wines for sale in the of Niagara Lakeshore to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Niagara Lakeshore
VQA Niagara Peninsula sub-appellation (Welland Canal to Niagara River, 3 km inland, glacio-lacustrine clay-silts and deltaic sands on Halton till and Queenston shale): signature Riesling, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir as cool-climate kings — rich fruity aromas balanced by chiseled acidity, mature and full expression of late-ripening varieties. Cabernet Franc and Gamay Noir in reds. Lake Ontario tempers cool summers and warmed nights, extended growing season.
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: Rafle (taste of)
A taste considered a defect, characterized by an unpleasant astringency and bitterness, brought by the stalk during the vinification process. In order to avoid it, destemming before vinification is a common practice.
