Inniskillin - Riesling Icewine Niagara Estate 2021 (375ml)

Continue Shopping Add to Wish List

Price: $89.99

Qty:   Add to Cart

Producer	Inniskillin
Country	Canada
Region	Niagara Peninsula
Varietal	Riesling
Vintage	2021
Sku	8151

A concentrated, yet elegant dessert white highlighted by piercing aromas of dried apricot, kumquat, honeysuckle and lanolin. Features pure apricot and poached peach flavors underlined by vibrant acidity. Drink now through 2033. 1,800 cases imported.

The 2021 Riesling Ice Wine is unoaked and comes in with 219 grams of residual sugar, 10.2 of total acidity and 9.5% alcohol. This is from a year that the winery calls "one of the most challenging harvests on record," due to rainfall around harvest time by table wine standards. The Riesling harvest was a couple of months later, in early January 2022. A strict selection caused lower quantities to be produced, although the winery says with "high quality." Indeed, this seems fresh and lively, with a surprisingly perky feel and a juicy finish. It's on the elegant side this year, not necessarily a bad thing, but it still tastes great. It has the freshness to allow it to age well, so there is no rush. I loved the tangy finish. If you must drink it young, you'll get waves of peaches and apricots (leaning more to peach this year), and it will taste great. A few years of age will allow it to develop some character, though. There were 2,400 cases made.