The Winery Pearl Morissette of Niagara Peninsula of Ontario

Winery Pearl Morissette - Caldwell Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon
The winery offers 41 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is ranked in the top 15 of the estates of Ontario.
It is located in Niagara Peninsula in the region of Ontario

The Winery Pearl Morissette is one of the world's great estates. It offers 41 wines for sale in of Niagara Peninsula to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Pearl Morissette wines

Looking for the best Winery Pearl Morissette wines in Niagara Peninsula among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Pearl Morissette 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 Winery Pearl Morissette wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Pearl Morissette

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Pearl Morissette

How Winery Pearl Morissette wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of picadillo, irish stew or duck with orange.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Pearl Morissette

On the nose the red wine of Winery Pearl Morissette. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, microbio or floral and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, red fruit or citrus fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Pearl Morissette. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Pearl Morissette

  • 2011With an average score of 4.21/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.15/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.13/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.13/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.08/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Pearl Morissette.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Pinot Noir
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Gamay
  • Lemberger

Discovering the wine region of Niagara Peninsula

Niagara Peninsula is the largest and most productive viticultural area in Canada, located on the Southern shores of Lake Ontario. It stretches roughly 55km (35 miles) between the eastern limits of Hamilton city in the west and the left bank of the Niagara River as it flows into Lake Ontario. The VQA covers over 13,000 acres (5,200 hectares) oand produces mainly cool Climate varieties such as Riesling, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Cabernet Franc. It also produces a large Volume of ice wine.

Indeed, 90 percent of Canada's ice wine is made here, which makes the region the biggest producer of the style on earth. Needless to say, most other styles of wine are covered in Niagara Peninsula, from rosé and Sparkling wines, to Central-ranges/orange">Orange wines and Pét-nats (Pétillant naturels). The region boasts nearly 100 wineries, producing over 10 million litres of wine annually. The geographical Niagara Peninsula appears within the strip of land that runs west-to-east between Lake Ontario in the North and Lake Erie in the south.

The "peninsula" is formed by the Niagara River that flows northwards, between the two lakes. The river also marks the international boundary between Ontario, Canada and the US state of New York. The viticultural zone is confined to the northern half of the Peninsula, however, between the southern shore of Lake Ontario and the land just south of the Niagara Escarpment. The Escarpment, a 650-mile-long (1050km) limestone ridge that runs from upstate New York through the Great Lakes region, has a profound effect on the Terroir here.

The top white wines of Winery Pearl Morissette

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Pearl Morissette

How Winery Pearl Morissette wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of pumpkin and bacon pie, marco polo salad or pork gyros.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Pearl Morissette

On the nose the white wine of Winery Pearl Morissette. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, microbio or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of floral, spices or tropical fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Pearl Morissette. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Pearl Morissette

  • 2013With an average score of 4.18/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.08/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.08/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.08/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.07/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.01/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Pearl Morissette.

  • Chardonnay
  • Riesling
  • Gewürztraminer

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

The top pink wines of Winery Pearl Morissette

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Pearl Morissette

How Winery Pearl Morissette wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or pork such as recipes of express veal stew in a pressure cooker, veal chop normandy style or ham and cheese macaroni gratin.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Pearl Morissette

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Pearl Morissette. often reveals types of flavors of earth, vegetal or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Pearl Morissette

  • 2019With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Pearl Morissette.

  • Pinot Noir
  • Gamay

The word of the wine: Olfaction

Perception of odours and aromas by the olfactory bulb. Retroolfaction is the same phenomenon inside the mouth via the retronasal route.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Pearl Morissette

Planning a wine route in the of Niagara Peninsula? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Pearl Morissette.

Discover the grape variety: Riesling

White Riesling is a grape variety that originated in France (Alsace). It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Riesling can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.

News about Winery Pearl Morissette and wines from the region

Best in Show: The top 50 wines of DWWA 2022

The 0.27% of entries awarded Best in Show at this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards reflect the inspiring world of wine and quest for quality among winemakers globally, with 50 wines expressing the best of their categories. An all-time record for wines tasted at the world’s largest wine competition, it’s quite possible that Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 marks the largest-ever wine competition to be held in history. And of the record-breaking 18,244 wines tasted, just 50 were ...

Best in Show: The top 50 wines of DWWA 2022

The 0.27% of entries awarded Best in Show at this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards reflect the inspiring world of wine and quest for quality among winemakers globally, with 50 wines expressing the best of their categories. An all-time record for wines tasted at the world’s largest wine competition, it’s quite possible that Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 marks the largest-ever wine competition to be held in history. And of the record-breaking 18,244 wines tasted, just 50 were ...

Tributes paid to Paul Pender

Canada’s wine community is mourning the sudden loss of beloved Ontario winemaker Paul Pender. Passing away at the age of just 54, Pender died ‘unexpectedly under tragic circumstances’ on 4 February, 2022, as announced by sister wineries Tawse and Redstone.    Before becoming director of viticulture and winemaking at Tawse and Redstone, he was a carpenter. When he developed an allergy to the dust and solvents, he went back to school to study winemaking at Niagara College in 2004. Pender’s interns ...

The word of the wine: Olfaction

Perception of odours and aromas by the olfactory bulb. Retroolfaction is the same phenomenon inside the mouth via the retronasal route.