Winery Pillitteri Estates - Icewine Cabernet Franc

Winery Pillitteri EstatesIcewine Cabernet Franc

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Icewine Cabernet Franc of Winery Pillitteri Estates is a sweet wine from the region of Niagara-on-the-Lake of Ontario.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Icewine Cabernet Franc of Winery Pillitteri Estates in the region of Ontario often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, citrus fruit or red fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Pillitteri Estates's Icewine Cabernet Franc.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

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

Icewine Cabernet Franc - 2015
In the top 100 of of Niagara-on-the-Lake wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Icewine Cabernet Franc - 2013
In the top 100 of of Niagara-on-the-Lake wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Icewine Cabernet Franc - 2012
In the top 100 of of Niagara-on-the-Lake wines
Average rating: 4.411110
Icewine Cabernet Franc - 2011
In the top 100 of of Niagara-on-the-Lake wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Icewine Cabernet Franc - 2004
In the top 100 of of Niagara-on-the-Lake wines
Average rating: 4.211110

The best vintages of Icewine Cabernet Franc from Winery Pillitteri Estates are 2012, 2004, 2015, 2013 and 2011.

Informations about the Winery Pillitteri Estates

The winery offers 133 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Niagara-on-the-Lake in the region of Ontario

The Winery Pillitteri Estates is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 53 wines for sale in the of Niagara-on-the-Lake to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Ontario
In the top 1500 of of Canada wines
In the top 250 of of Niagara-on-the-Lake wines
In the top 3000 of sweet wines
In the top 150000 wines of the world

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.

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