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Château des Charmes Vidal Icewine 2015 Wine Review

Château des Charmes Vidal Icewine 2015

Château des Charmes Vidal Icewine 2015

Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario V.Q.A., Canada

Community Score:91/100

Community Reviews: 3

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Price: $45.95

Drink: 2016-2022

Bottle size: 375 ml

Alcohol: 9.5%

Sweetness: Sweet

Wine Type: Dessert Wine


Winery: Château des Charmes

Agent: Chateau des Charmes

Natalie's Score: 92/100

Beautifully fresh and rich Niagara icewine with apricot, peach and pear. Perfect as a dessert on its own or with fruit cobbler.

Vidal Icewine food pairings: banana split, spice cake, crème brûlée, fruit-based desserts.

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This Château des Charmes Vidal Icewine 2015 was reviewed on September 17, 2016 by Natalie MacLean

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Greg Hughes rated this wine as 90/100 with the following review:

Good producer, good vintage. Vidal (the offspring of Ugni Blanc and Rayon D'or) produces wonderful icewines rich in spice as well as fruit. Contrary to popular belief, it does age quite well. The colour will deepen to a nice amber, due to oxidation.
This one has a ways to go. Still a subtle honeyed colour and quite glass-coating.
The aromas have loads of raisin, honey, orchard flower, baked apple, hulled wheat, and demerera sugar.
Good acidity and persistence. Flavours of honey, apricot, apple, peach, banana, and clove.
This style is best enjoyed on its own, as dessert, or with some strong stilton. Yumyum. Keep until 2025.
This is a lovely Niagara Icewine with apricot and peach nectar, stonefruit and tropical fruit flavours. It has it all. Pair with a fruit flan. - Community Wine Reviews

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