Rating 94
Style White Dessert Wine
Variety
Vintage 2019
Appellation
ABV 13.5%
Price $80.00  Buy This Wine
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Reviewed 2022-02-09

Perfect For

Drinking Outside the Lines, Spicy Pairings, Wine And Cheese Night

Drink If You Like

Moschofilero, Muscat / Moscato , Vidal

Inniskillin Riesling Icewine 2019 Review

In Canada's Niagara Peninsula, just north of New York, the Riesling grape has found its spiritual home. When treated right, it is a very winter-hardy variety that can produce serious structure and character. It can also produce focused, balanced icewine, and this bottle is an example of that. It smells like flowers and a slight hint of candied citrus fruit and petrol. It has great acidity calming the sweet nature of this style of wine. There is a sharp angle that calls for some stinky and blue artisan cheese.

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Inniskillin Riesling Icewine 2019
In Canada's Niagara Peninsula, just north of New York, the Riesling grape has found its spiritual home. When treated right, it is a very winter-hardy variety that can produce serious structure and character. It can also produce focused, balanced icewine, and this bottle is an example of that. It smells like flowers and a slight hint of candied citrus fruit and petrol. It has great acidity calming the sweet nature of this style of wine. There is a sharp angle that calls for some stinky and blue artisan cheese.

Reviewed On: 02-09-2022
94
POINTS
Inniskillin Riesling Icewine 2019
In Canada's Niagara Peninsula, just north of New York, the Riesling grape has found its spiritual home. When treated right, it is a very winter-hardy variety that can produce serious structure and character. It can also produce focused, balanced icewine, and this bottle is an example of that. It smells like flowers and a slight hint of candied citrus fruit and petrol. It has great acidity calming the sweet nature of this style of wine. There is a sharp angle that calls for some stinky and blue artisan cheese.

Reviewed On: 02-09-2022