2016 Wisteria Tree Cabernet Franc Icewine

$98.95

2016 Wisteria Tree Cabernet Franc Icewine is named for the amazing wisteria vine planted by Sue-Ann's grandmother that graces Sue-Ann's front garden.

About the wine:

In 2016, Sue-Ann took a gamble and decided to make a Cabernet Franc Icewine.

2016 was a hot and dry vintage up here on top of the escarpment, perfect for red wine production. Our beloved Cabernet Franc vines produced perfect fruit with beautiful ripeness and acidity. Sue-Ann had long wanted to make a Cabernet Franc Icewine and decided this was the year.

Letting such perfect fruit hang on the vine into winter was a risk. However, every sip of this award-winning Cabernet Franc Icewine tells you it was well worth it!

Vinification:

We harvested on a cold January night. Sue-Ann called in a crew to hand-pick the Cabernet Franc. She pressed the fruit immediately, yielding only a small amount of juice. Sue-Ann fermented the juice with specially selected yeasts. She then aged the wine for 8 months on lees in a recoopered French oak barrel.

Such a small amount of juice resulted in small production totals: 62 cases. The Wisteria Tree Cabernet Franc Icewine is a truly limited-edition wine!

Tasting notes:

On the nose, expect opulent strawberry and cedar notes with confectionary tones, and a hint of wild raspberry. Suggestions of cedar and vanilla on the palate are a sensory reference to the time this wine spent in barrel. Altogether, this an extraordinarily berry-rich, well-structured, luscious and unique Icewine.