The fruit left on the vine after the normal fall harvest is vulnerable to rot, ravaging winds, hail, hungry birds and animals. Icewine producers leave select vineyards unharvested and wait for winter to set in. Why is Icewine So Expensive? The production of true Icewine is risky.
“Some ice wines can last for 20 to 30 years. “Under perfect conditions, ice wine can last for years,” says Magdalena Kaiser-Smit, public relations director for the Wine Council of Ontario, a non-profit trade organization representing the province’s wineries. Being a super sweet wine, it’s best paired with foods that have high-fat content. If serving during the winter months or at a holiday table, some people will warm it up like hot cider. Ice wine can be served chilled to around 55 degrees, or at a “room” temperature of 70 degrees. Icewine can last upwards of a month or more when kept in the fridge. Once you open a bottle of icewine, I recommend keeping it in the fridge to preserve its longevity. Be sure to keep them lower than room temperature and not in the freezer. Keep icewine with your regular wine bottles in your cellar or wine fridge. How do you open ice wine? Do you keep ice wine in the fridge? Ice wine is one of the hardest wines to produce, the pinnacle of late harvest wines. They are meant to be smelled like perfume and tasted as concentrated fruit flavor. You should, because despite the misleading title, true ice wines are truly not meant to be “drunk”. If you have opened a bottle of ice wine, it will last seven to ten days in the fridge with the top sealed. This means storing it in a dark, cool location that doesn’t have high fluctuations in temperature. Since ice wine is a fortified wine with high sugar content, ice wine will keep for many years if stored properly. Ice wines pair well alongside fruit-driven desserts, cheesecake, ice cream and with soft cheeses like Brie and pungent cheeses such as Stilton. Serving it with a too-rich or too-sweet dessert doesn’t allow you to enjoy its merits. The rule is to serve this rich, sweet wine with a dessert that is a bit lighter and less sweet, or with something savoury and full-flavoured for balance.
What do you do with ice wine?īest Enjoyed: On its own after a meal (think of it as dessert in a glass). Small flutes or wine glasses are perfect since the bottles are usually small and pricey, it also avoids anyone bogarting the whole bottle. Serve it cool: Ice wine is best served cool, but not cold (about 40 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit), to reap the most from the flavors. Fill the glass half, ensuring the wine is exposed to the air and the aroma is released. Glass makes a difference: Ice wine is best enjoyed in a chilled tulip-shaped ice wine glass, which can show its amber/gold color in the bowl of the glass. Serve chilled, ideally at 8-11☌entigrade.
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