Saturday Night – Kim cooks up a storm – Part 4

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For dessert Kim did a cheesecake with fresh strawberry coulis. Kim was undecided on exactly what dessert would be when we talked, so for a dessert pairing I went with a bottle of 2007 Trius Vidal Ice wine. My thinking here was that the Ice wine would be as sweet or sweeter than any dessert Kim was making so it would be least an OK match.

"Cheesecake and Strawberries"

My notes by this point in the evening started to get a little fuzzy due to my consumption of the prior wines and it was fun trying to decipher them for this article.

The nose on the Ice Wine was very mild for a Canadian dessert wine. Usually you can easily smell an Ice wine or late harvest wine without even bringing your nose to the glass, with the Trius you had to get close to the glass to catch the faint aroma of peach, nectarine and petrol. I was pleasantly surprised by the taste as I’m usually not a big fan of Ice wines as they tend to be cloyingly sweet; the Trius had enough acidity and sharpness to help cut through it The main flavour of the Ice wine was under ripe nectarine. The Trius ended up being a good pairing for the cheesecake.

"Sweet but enough acidity to make it very drinkable"

Here is the group rating for the wine -Mick – 86, Mark - 89, Kathy – 87, Amy – 88, Overall – 87.50

Here is the LCBO information on the wine –

04 Trius Vidal Icewine VQA (HILLEBRAND)

VINTAGES 137687
375 mL bottle
Price: $ 49.55
Wine, White Wine,
12.0% Alcohol/Vol.
Sugar Content : 17
This is a VQA wine
Made in: Ontario, Canada
By: Hillebrand Estates Winery Ltd
Release Date: N/A

* The LCBO is listing this as 04 whereas the bottle reviewed here is a 2007. This is the only listing for Trius Ice wine on the LCBO’s site so I’m assuming that the 04 part just hasn’t been updated.

I’d like to thank Kim and John on behalf of all of us as the evening and the food were both first rate. I don’t think I have eaten that well or that much in quite awhile!

Cheers!

Mark