Winery Pillitteri Estates - Icewine Chardonnay

Winery Pillitteri Estates Icewine Chardonnay

3.8
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Icewine Chardonnay 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, vegetarian or poultry.

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

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

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.

Last vintages of this wine

Icewine Chardonnay - 2007
In the top 100 of of Niagara-on-the-Lake wines
Average rating: 4 1 1 1 1 0

The best vintages of Icewine Chardonnay from Winery Pillitteri Estates are 2007

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 50 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 52 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 5500 of of Canada wines
In the top 1500 of of Niagara-on-the-Lake wines
In the top 15000 of sweet wines
In the top 500000 wines of the world

The wine region of Niagara-on-the-Lake

Niagara-on-the-Lake is a regional VQA appellation in Canada/ontario">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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The word of the wine: Anthocyanins

Phenolic compounds present in the skin of grapes that give colour to red wines during maceration.

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