The 2012 vintage was of historical proportions. An early spring had buds bursting about 4 weeks earlier than normal, and a steady warm summer period with moderate rain allowed for plenty of time to ripen grapes. Relatively dry conditions continued through the fall keeping the vineyards clean and our grapes for Icewine healthy.

Gewurztraminer has a long history of making delicious, balanced, and age-worthy sweet wines in both France and Germany. Yet in Niagara, since it is more winter sensitive than most other grape varieties, it is seldom made into our signature dessert wine, Icewine. That makes this aged version of our 2012 Gewurztraminer Icewine one of the rarest and most special wines we have ever produced. You can tell this wine will be something special when you first see its beautiful golden colour and higher viscosity in the glass. It presents intense aromas of dried apricot, peach preserve, orange blossom, and honeysuckle, that are layered with complexities of fig, walnut, and cinnamon, stemming from its lengthy aging in our cellars. The palate is lusciously sweet, as to be expected from an Icewine, but the delivery is very well balanced thanks to the perfect amount of natural acidity, which carries this very flavourful Icewine over a long finish.

Technical Information

Appellation: VQA Niagara-on-the-Lake

Blend: 100% Gewurztraminer

Alcohol: 11.5% alc./vol.

Residual sugar: 160g/L

Aging: 8 years in stainless steel and 2 years in neutral French oak, bottled in 2022

Each bottle is individually numbered.

A limited availability of bottles of this rare extended aged Icewine have been released for sale in 2025. 

500ml bottle | White Icewine, Vin du Glace Blanc