Winery Pillitteri Estates - Icewine Riesling

Winery Pillitteri EstatesIcewine Riesling

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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 Riesling 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 shellfish.
The Icewine Riesling of the Winery Pillitteri Estates is in the top 20 of wines of Niagara-on-the-Lake.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Icewine Riesling of Winery Pillitteri Estates in the region of Ontario often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.

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

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

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.

Last vintages of this wine

Icewine Riesling - 2017
In the top 20 of of Niagara-on-the-Lake wines
Average rating: 411110
Icewine Riesling - 2016
In the top 20 of of Niagara-on-the-Lake wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Icewine Riesling - 2015
In the top 20 of of Niagara-on-the-Lake wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Icewine Riesling - 2013
In the top 20 of of Niagara-on-the-Lake wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Icewine Riesling - 2012
In the top 20 of of Niagara-on-the-Lake wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Icewine Riesling - 2011
In the top 20 of of Niagara-on-the-Lake wines
Average rating: 411110
Icewine Riesling - 2008
In the top 20 of of Niagara-on-the-Lake wines
Average rating: 411110

The best vintages of Icewine Riesling from Winery Pillitteri Estates are 2004, 2016, 2015, 2013 and 2017.

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 5 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 greatest 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 150 of of Canada wines
In the top 30 of of Niagara-on-the-Lake wines
In the top 600 of sweet wines
In the top 20000 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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