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Traditional honey and pear notes in this well-balanced, complex ice wine. Earthy aromas of dusty golden raisins, honeycomb, and apricot custard.
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$49.49 USD
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Traditional honey and pear notes in this well-balanced, complex ice wine. Earthy aromas of dusty golden raisins, honeycomb, and apricot custard.
A soft, sweet light-to-medium body and a honeyed dried peach finish.
In the fall, after the other vineyards have been harvested and the leaves have fallen from the vines, our ice wine vineyards are covered with netting to protect the fruit from hungry birds. Grapes in these vineyards experience a freeze and thaw cycle that desiccates them and enhances their flavors.
The ice wine grapes will only be harvested if and when temperatures have fallen to roughly 12ºF for a day or more and the grapes are completely frozen, usually in December or January. Extreme care must be taken to harvest.
We harvest the grape by hand, collecting it in grape bins that will be stacked on trailers and taken immediately to the winery for pressing. Ice wine harvests yield approximately 60 gallons per ton of grapes, compared to the September harvest rate of 170 gallons per ton.
The press of the grapes while they are still frozen. In western New York, this mean watching the forecasts carefully so harvesting and pressing can be completed at optimally low temperatures.
RS: 15.5%
Pale golden yellow.
Apple and almond tarts, lemon cheesecake and pie, goat cheese and pear crostini. Also pairs well with Johnson Estate House-Made Austrian Hazelnuts.
