Vidal Icewine 37.5cl 2018, Peller Family Estates

Icewine is made from grapes that are harvested while frozen – something that can be achieved regularly in the Canadian winter. This concentrates the sugar and the flavour, resulting in an elixir that is not only wonderfully sweet, but also balanced, intense and gloriously complex. The Peller Vidal Icewine has a fiery golden-amber hue, and an incredibly alluring prelude of peach cobbler, toast, caramel, marmalade and baked pineapple aromas on the nose. It’s worth taking a moment to savour these gorgeous nuances, and then the experience becomes even more fabulous once you take a sip. Thrilling flavour-fireworks of lemon curd, peach, papaya, pineapple, orange zest and lime marmalade explode on the palate, while pinpricks of star-bright acidity provide beautiful balance to the heavenly sweetness. This spectacular wine could be cellared, but it’s so utterly exhilarating at this moment, why on earth wait?