Inniskillin - Pearl Vidal Icewine Niagara 2017 (375ml)

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Producer	Inniskillin
Country	Canada
Region	Niagara
Varietal	Ice Wine
Vintage	2017
Sku	2065401123
Size	375ml

 

ntensely aromatic, this wine brings concentrated flavors of peach syrup, apricot jam and candied pineapple. Lush and tongue-coating, the sweetness (250 g/L residual sugar) is adequately offset with acidity, and as it rolls down the throat brings added layers of maple syrup, butterscotch and butter brickle. 

The 2019 Vidal Icewine comes in with 250 grams of residual sugar, 9.79 of total acidity and 9.5% alcohol. This was bottled in July 2020, the only bottling for this wine this year. The richest of the Vidal ice wines this issue, although only by a hair, this is intensely flavored and rather unctuous. As with its 2018 sibling, this has typical peach and apricot nuances. It shows off a lot of sugar. Part of that extra richness over the 2018 may be the perception created by this being a year younger, to be sure. For today, I like the balance on the 2018 better and give that the nod. This might well catch up in time. The difference between the two is not particularly great, despite rather different vintages.

Brighter and tangier in flavor than the barrel-fermented Gold version, this is vibrant with pineapple, orange and candied ginger flavors. It’s very sweet but finely balanced, with a limey acidity that makes it surprisingly easy to drink.