Winery Quails' Gate - Riesling Icewine

Winery Quails' GateRiesling Icewine

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 Riesling Icewine of Winery Quails' Gate is a sweet wine from the region of Okanagan Valley of British Columbia.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or shellfish.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Riesling Icewine of Winery Quails' Gate in the region of British Columbia often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, tropical fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Quails' Gate's Riesling Icewine.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
9.5°
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

Riesling Icewine - 2017
In the top 100 of of Okanagan Valley wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Riesling Icewine - 2014
In the top 100 of of Okanagan Valley wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Riesling Icewine - 2013
In the top 100 of of Okanagan Valley wines
Average rating: 4.311110

The best vintages of Riesling Icewine from Winery Quails' Gate are 2013, 2014, 2017

Informations about the Winery Quails' Gate

The winery offers 40 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Okanagan Valley in the region of British Columbia

The Winery Quails' Gate is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 34 wines for sale in the of Okanagan Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine British Columbia
In the top 400 of of Canada wines
In the top 200 of of Okanagan Valley wines
In the top 1500 of sweet wines
In the top 45000 wines of the world

The wine region of Okanagan Valley

The Okanagan Valley is one of six Designated Viticultural Areas in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The DryClimate in this "pocket desert" produces some unique wines made from Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Riesling, Pinot Noir, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris and Chardonnay. There is now an almost even split between white and red grapes planted, with Merlot the most common variety. Ice wine can be produced in the Okanagan Valley but the necessary temperatures are not as consistent as on the east coast, where the winters are much colder.


The wine region of British Columbia

British Columbia is Canada's westernmost province, located on the edge of the Pacific Ocean. The diversity of landscapes here – from rainy islands to desert-like valley floors – means that a wide variety of Grapes are planted here. They include Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Riesling, as well as Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. While volumes are lower than those of the province of Ontario, British Columbia is home to a rapidly growing wine industry.

News related to this wine

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The word of the wine: Stirring (champagne)

Manual operation (on a "desk") or mechanical (with a "gyropalette") which allows the deposit created by the yeasts (see tirage) to go down to the neck of the bottle for disgorging.

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