The final course of the evening was an amazing homemade lemon tart that Jan and Chris made and they paired this with a 2008 Inniskillin Riesling Ice wine.
The nose was a powerful mix of lychee, pear, green apple and pineapple aromas. Tasting the wine, lime and canned peaches were the two dominate flavours to this wine. Structure-wise this wine was beautiful as the fresh acidity balanced out the sweetness of the wine. The wine wasn’t cloying at all which isn’t something you can say about an Ice wine on a regular basis. It was a stellar pairing with the lemon tart.
Here is the group rating for the wine - Mick – 90, Mark - 90, Kathy – 90, Amy – 90, Overall – 90.
Here is the LCBO information on the wine –
INNISKILLIN RIESLING ICEWINE 2008
VINTAGES 558288
375 mL bottle
Price $ 69.95
This is a VQA wine
Made in: Ontario, Canada
By: Constellation Brands Inc.
Release Date: N/A
Wine, Icewine
9.0% Alcohol/Vol.
Varietal: Riesling
Sugar Content: 234 g/L
Sweetness Descriptor: S - Sweet
At $69 a bottle this is a touch high on what I expect to find an Ice wine for (usually I find $50 for Ice wine and $20-25 for Late Harvest Vidal is the ballpark) but it was easily good enough to justify that $20 premium.
I want to thank Jan and Chris for the lovely dishes and great wine; I’m always blown away at how much effort they put into these nights and how good all the food is.
This will be my last Blog post for 2012 and it is nice to end on a high note (once again thank you Chris and Jan!) and I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year.
Cheers!
Mark
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