Thursday, December 2, 2010

King Estate Vin Glace

King Estate uses a proprietary name for the ice wine. Vin Glacé, is a wine style made from late harvest [full of sugar] frozen grapes. The process is pressing the frozen grapes which releases the juice but the frozen water and skins are left behind which concentrates the flavors. Think a large coffee with 2 shots of espresso!

King Estate, unlike many others is kind enough to let you now that the process often happens after harvest and not in nature. This fact keeps their great quality, consistent, yearly-offerings affordable!


Straw colored with apricot and tangerine in the nose. Flavor explodes with peach, apricot followed by a rather long decrescendo pillow fight between soft to crisp finish!

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