Winery Pillitteri Estates - Reserve Icewine Cabernet Franc

Winery Pillitteri EstatesReserve Icewine Cabernet Franc

4.2
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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 Reserve 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

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Reserve Icewine Cabernet Franc of Winery Pillitteri Estates in the region of Ontario often reveals types of flavors of oak, tree fruit or red fruit.

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

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
12°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Tressailler

According to published genetic analyses, it is the result of a cross between Pinot Blanc and Gouais Blanc, which is registered in the Official Catalogue of Wine Grape Varieties, list A1.

Last vintages of this wine

Reserve Icewine Cabernet Franc - 2016
In the top 100 of of Niagara-on-the-Lake wines
Average rating: 4.611110.5
Reserve Icewine Cabernet Franc - 2015
In the top 100 of of Niagara-on-the-Lake wines
Average rating: 4.311110

The best vintages of Reserve Icewine Cabernet Franc from Winery Pillitteri Estates are 2016, 2015

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 25 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 2000 of of Canada wines
In the top 400 of of Niagara-on-the-Lake wines
In the top 5000 of sweet wines
In the top 200000 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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The word of the wine: PGI

Protected geographical indication. Equivalent to vin de pays in European regulations.

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