Winery ZiraldoRiesling Icewine
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or shellfish.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Riesling Icewine of Winery Ziraldo in the region of Ontario often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, tropical or peach and sometimes also flavors of pear, honeysuckle or honey.
Food and wine pairings with Riesling Icewine
Pairings that work perfectly with Riesling Icewine
Original food and wine pairings with Riesling Icewine
The Riesling Icewine of Winery Ziraldo matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of light stuffed tomatoes, fish and seafood gratin or chicken tajine with prunes.
Details and technical informations about Winery Ziraldo's Riesling Icewine.
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Riesling Icewine from Winery Ziraldo are 2012
Informations about the Winery Ziraldo
The Winery Ziraldo is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 2 wines for sale in the of Niagara Peninsula to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Niagara Peninsula
World reference for Icewine: concentrated sweet wines from grapes frozen on the vine, golden colour, signature notes of candied apricot, mango, honey, citrus and exotic fruit, high sugar balanced by lively acidity. 90% of Canadian Icewine (Vidal for fruit, Riesling for finesse). Cool-climate still wines: mineral Riesling, precise Chardonnay, fine Pinot Noir, peppery Cabernet Franc. Southern shores of Lake Ontario.
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: Runoff
Failure of the vine flower to fertilize at the time of flowering, when the weather is too cold or rainy. Under these conditions, the vine will have few or no clusters.
