Tuesday Blind Tastings
42 Degrees South Pinot Noir 2010
Coal River, Australia
Price: $20
Rating: 93
Source: Gaswork Cellars
Description: A light colour with brown on the rim. Red and dark fruit and perfume on the nose. The palate was long with sharp acid, plummy fruit and soft tannins. A generous and moreish wine drinking at its peak.
Tasting date: 17 January 2017
the winery for pressing. Since theyre frozen, the water in the juice remains with the grape pulp in the form of ice crystals, and highly concentrated juice is expressed. This almost thick nectar results in a lusciously sweet wine. 220 1000 BEST WINE SECRETS 820.Canadian Icewine is best served in stemware with a fairly large bowl.The stem lets you refrain from warming the wine with your fingers while you drink it, and the bowl amplifies the aromas and intensifies the flavors. 821.Some of the better Icewines are made from the hearty Vidal variety, but theyre best drank within about five years of the vintage. Jackson-Triggs 2003 Vidal Icewine is beautifully expressive with a nose of ripe pear and toasty marzipan, which leads to fresh, lively flavors of apricot, citrus, and almonds. Very clean, well-made wine with excellent concentration and length. 822.Inniskillin makes oaked and unoaked versions of Vidal Icewine. The oak aged one from 2003 is an example of how wood can lend a marvelous roasted nut character to the nose of tropical fruit. On the palate, toasted nuts appear again, along with mango chutney flavors. Good balance, concentration, and length. Lovely. Inniskillins unoaked Vidal from the same vintage is also quite good. It begins with a nose of marzipan