Winery StoneboatPinotage Icewine
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry and game (deer, venison).
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Pinotage Icewine of Winery Stoneboat in the region of British Columbia often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Pinotage Icewine
Pairings that work perfectly with Pinotage Icewine
Original food and wine pairings with Pinotage Icewine
The Pinotage Icewine of Winery Stoneboat matches generally quite well with dishes of game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of canned duck confit or savoyard fondue.
Details and technical informations about Winery Stoneboat's Pinotage Icewine.
Discover the grape variety: Pinotage
An intraspecific cross between pinot noir and cinsaut called hermitage, obtained in South Africa in 1925 by Professor Abraham Izak Perold. Since then, it has been propagated in Africa, New Zealand, Australia, the United States (California), Canada, Brazil, Israel, etc. In France, it is practically unknown, although it is registered in the Official Catalogue of Vine Varieties on the A1 list. - Synonymy: none to date (for all the synonyms of the varieties, click here!).
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Pinotage Icewine from Winery Stoneboat are 2013, 0
Informations about the Winery Stoneboat
The Winery Stoneboat is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 21 wines for sale in the of Okanagan Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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.
The word of the wine: Grafting
A method used since the phylloxera crisis, consisting of fixing a graft of local origin on a rootstock resistant to phylloxera.
