Ontario

Strewn ‘Select Late Harvest’ Vidal 1999
VQA Ontario $15.95 (107219) 375mL
A glorious golden yellow in the glass, this provides an interesting and enjoyable imbibing experience—it’s ten year’s old, approaching ice wine in pedigree, at only a fraction the price. There are lovely aromas of caramelized sugar, pineapple, crème brulee and baked apple. It’s medium to full bodied, nicely balanced and offers warm sweet flavours (12.5% alcohol) of burnt sugar and fig with a distinctive lemon zest bite on the finish. This pairs extremely well with upside-down pineapple cake or spiced-apple desserts. (VH)