Pillitteri EstatesLate Harvest Vidal
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Pillitteri Estates's Late Harvest Vidal.
Discover the grape variety: Vespolina
Structured, aromatic reds with a deep ruby colour, firm tannins and a dense palate showing cherry, raspberry, black pepper, spices and balsamic alpine notes. Fine ageing potential in the Piedmontese style. A traditional component of blends with Nebbiolo in Ghemme DOCG and Gattinara DOCG, it defines the great reds of the Novarese.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Late Harvest Vidal from Pillitteri Estates are 2012, 0
Informations about the Pillitteri Estates
The 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.
The wine region of Niagara-on-the-Lake
Niagara peninsula on Lake Ontario, world's leading icewine producer (>90% of Canadian production). Signature icewines: concentrated sweet wines with signature notes of candied apricot, mango, yellow peach, honey, candied citrus and a floral touch, unctuous palate balanced by sharp acidity — on aromatic Vidal, taut Riesling and red-fruited Cabernet Franc. Also still wines: ample Chardonnay, fine Pinot Noir. Inniskillin, Peller iconic.
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: Primeur
Said of wines from the last vintage and, by extension, wines of the year, fruity and easy-drinking, put on sale on the third Thursday in November. The AOC regulations specify that a wine is said to be primeur if it is bottled before the spring, and nouveau if it is bottled before the following harvest. Beaujolais Nouveau is therefore a vin primeur.
