Winemaker Notes
On the nose, this wine displays aromas of jasmine, dried apricots, nectarine rind, white lady peaches, plums and stewed pears. An intriguing yet balanced palate, this wine exudes varietal expression, and silky smooth texture. The vibrant acidity yields a beautiful length of palate.
Perfect with Asian-inspired steamed dumplings such as pork and leek, or shrimp. Try it with peach cobbler for dessert!
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
In the ice wine world, $32 represents a mighty fine value. The Jackson-Triggs delivers a lot of sweet thrills for the money. The ice wine's yellow apple custard and apricot jam aromas are counterpointed by a nice bit of sage. The wine feels thick and sweet in the mouth, with copious amounts of peach sorbet, honey and orange zest.
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Wine Spectator
Pineapple, apricot, caramel and brown spice notes highlight this sweet, thickly textured white. Concentrated, if slightly cloying on the finish.
Apart from the classics, we find many regional gems of different styles.
Late harvest wines are probably the easiest to understand. Grapes are picked so late that the sugars build up and residual sugar remains after the fermentation process. Ice wine, a style founded in Germany and there referred to as eiswein, is an extreme late harvest wine, produced from grapes frozen on the vine, and pressed while still frozen, resulting in a higher concentration of sugar. It is becoming a specialty of Canada as well, where it takes on the English name of ice wine.
Vin Santo, literally “holy wine,” is a Tuscan sweet wine made from drying the local white grapes Trebbiano Toscano and Malvasia in the winery and not pressing until somewhere between November and March.
Rutherglen is an historic wine region in northeast Victoria, Australia, famous for its fortified Topaque and Muscat with complex tawny characteristics.
Home of the Niagara Peninsula wine region, Ontario leads as Canada’s region with the most area under vine. Ontario’s main grape varieties include Merlot, Pinot noir, Cabernet Franc and Riesling. The latter two show great success here for the production of ice wines, along with Vidal blanc and Cabernet Sauvignon.