The Reif Estate Winery of Niagara-on-the-Lake of Ontario

Reif Estate Winery
The winery offers 67 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 6 of the estates of Ontario.
It is located in Niagara-on-the-Lake in the region of Ontario

The Reif Estate Winery is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 67 wines for sale in of Niagara-on-the-Lake to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Reif Estate Winery wines

Looking for the best Reif Estate Winery wines in Niagara-on-the-Lake among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Reif Estate Winery wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Reif Estate Winery wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top sweet wines of Reif Estate Winery

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Reif Estate Winery

How Reif Estate Winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of celine's version of moussaka (5th meeting), oven-baked lamb stew or pasta with shrimp.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Reif Estate Winery

On the nose the sweet wine of Reif Estate Winery. often reveals types of flavors of peach, apricot or honey and sometimes also flavors of earth, microbio or tree fruit. In the mouth the sweet wine of Reif Estate Winery. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Reif Estate Winery

  • 2011With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.29/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.23/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.18/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.17/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.13/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Reif Estate Winery.

  • Vidal
  • Riesling
  • Cabernet Sauvignon

Discovering 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 top red wines of Reif Estate Winery

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Reif Estate Winery

How Reif Estate Winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of seven o'clock leg of lamb, lamb shoulder confit with harissa or pizza of the south west : duck breast, roquefort.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Reif Estate Winery

On the nose the red wine of Reif Estate Winery. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or blackberry and sometimes also flavors of tobacco, vanilla or leather. In the mouth the red wine of Reif Estate Winery. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Reif Estate Winery

  • 2008With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Reif Estate Winery.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Gamay
  • Pinot Noir
  • Cabernet Franc

Discover the grape variety: Riesling

Crystalline, taut whites with vibrant acidity and aromas of citrus, green apple, white flowers, vineyard peach and mineral/petrol notes with age. Made as dry (Trocken, Alsace), off-dry (Kabinett, Spätlese) and sweet (Auslese, Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerenauslese, late harvest). Star of the Moselle, Rheingau, Alsace AOC and Wachau. Also exported to Clare Valley and Finger Lakes.

The top white wines of Reif Estate Winery

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Reif Estate Winery

How Reif Estate Winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of baeckeoffe with fish, royal couscous (lamb, chicken, merguez) or tarte tatin.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Reif Estate Winery

On the nose the white wine of Reif Estate Winery. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, straw or lychee and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, citrus fruit or tropical fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Reif Estate Winery. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Reif Estate Winery

  • 2014With an average score of 3.99/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.85/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.78/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.74/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Reif Estate Winery.

  • Riesling
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Chardonnay
  • Kerner
  • Vidal
  • Chenin Blanc

The word of the wine: Bracket

Black grape variety from Provence which contributes to the personality of the red wines of the AOC Bellet, near Nice. It gives a lightly colored but full-bodied wine that is good with age. Syn.: brachet.

The top sparkling wines of Reif Estate Winery

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Reif Estate Winery

How Reif Estate Winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of stuffed artichoke, tuna lasagna or zucchini quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Reif Estate Winery

On the nose the sparkling wine of Reif Estate Winery. often reveals types of flavors of oak, tree fruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Reif Estate Winery

  • 0With an average score of 4.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Reif Estate Winery.

  • Chardonnay
  • Riesling

Discover the grape variety: Gamay noir

Light, juicy reds, low in tannins with crunchy freshness, showing aromas of wild strawberry, raspberry, banana (from carbonic maceration) and peony. Easy-drinking style of Beaujolais Nouveau, more structured and mineral on the granites of the ten crus (Morgon, Moulin-à-Vent, Fleurie, Brouilly). Also in Touraine, Auvergne and Swiss Romande. A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc.

The top pink wines of Reif Estate Winery

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Reif Estate Winery

How Reif Estate Winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef and spice stuffed peppers, caramelized lamb mice or marinade for chicken brochettes.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Reif Estate Winery

On the nose the pink wine of Reif Estate Winery. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, microbio.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Reif Estate Winery

  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.64/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Reif Estate Winery.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Gamay Noir

The word of the wine: Full-bodied

A rich, concentrated wine that offers consistency in the mouth.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Reif Estate Winery

Planning a wine route in the of Niagara-on-the-Lake? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Reif Estate Winery.

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Elegant reds, light in colour with silky tannins, showing strawberry, cherry and raspberry aromas, evolving to forest floor, mushroom and spice with age. Fresh acidity, delicate finish. Star of the Côte d'Or (Romanée-Conti, Chambertin, Volnay), pillar of Champagne (Blanc de Noirs) and signature of Oregon, Central Otago and Sonoma Coast. An early-ripening Burgundian variety, one of the world's greatest.