Snow Ridge Cold Climate Icewine

Tasting notes & discussion 38

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Typically $30/bottle from Snow Ridge Wines
Vintage 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon & 2019 Gewurtztraminer from Niagara Falls
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About Snow Ridge Wines: “Icewine, or ‘Eiswein,’ traces its origins to the frosty vineyards of Germany and Austria, with Canada now standing as a premier producer. The grapes are left on the vine well into winter, freezing naturally before being swiftly harvested and pressed. The result? A luscious, sweet wine that’s high in sugar and rich in character.”

Un-Abominable Snow Wine

TASTING NOTES:
Cabernet Sauvignon - “Bright red in color with aromas of ripe raspberries, red cherries and strawberries. The palate is complex with sweet cherry flavors followed by jammy characters leading to a finish full of raspberry and strawberry notes. The touch of sweetness is nicely balanced by lively acidity. This wine provides a great harmony between sweetness and spice. Serve chilled to approximately 12°C.” (AbV 11%)

Gewurtztraminer - “A unique dessert wine that displays lively characteristics or orange zest, candied mango and floral tones. With a rich palate of apple, ginger and cider.” (AbV 11%)

VARIETALS: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon and 100% Gewurztraminer.

BARRELS: 8 months in stainless steel.

PAIRS WITH: Gewurtztraminer with lychee sorbet or vanilla ice cream with fresh mango. Cabernet Sauvignon with a fresh strawberry tart with whipped cream or cherry cheesecake.

THAT REMINDS ME OF: The abominable snowman.

How it got that moniker, specifically. Pretty much everyone accepts it as the Yeti these days, but that other name has stuck around to some degree in the West. So how did it become abominable, anyway?

When Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Howard-Bury led an expedition around Mt. Everest, his group found weirdly-shaped footprints in the snow. The guides suggested it was the man-beast or man-bear of the snow. Members of the expedition were interviewed by a newspaper later, and Tibetan is difficult to translate. Apparently so much so that the first part of beast’s name was translated to mean ugly instead of beast man. Abominable sounds more sensational, so that’s what was printed.

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