German ice wine
Ice wine (in German, Eiswein) is a type of dessert wine produced from grapes that have been frozen while still on the vine. The sugars and other dissolved solids do not freeze, but the water does, allowing for a more concentrated grape that is pressed, resulting in a smaller amount of more concentrated, very sweet wine. With ice wines, the freezing happens before the fermentation, not afterwards. Enjoy it at a temperature of 8°C, too.
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Ice Wine Goldmuskateller 2007
Harvest: of December 20, 2007
Since the 19th century, the wine estate Bassermann-Jordan is famous for its sweet and world
famous wines. Their characteristics are a variety of exotic fruit aromas, alluring fragrances, and
elegance that can only be achieved through extensive craftsmanship. Every winter it is a new
challenge to create such a specialty as nobody knows if the weather conditions will be favourable
for production. 2007 was fortunately a year with just perfect conditions, enabling Bassermann-Jordan to create their Goldmuskateller - an absolute rarity. The 2007 Goldmuskateller is
an impressive rich fruity ice wine with flavours of roses after Litchi.
Sensory Analysis: Alcohol (7 %vol), liquor (179.3 g/l), acidity (8.9 g/l)
Press voices...
Bassermann-Jordans´s - GOLDMUSKATELLER EISWEIN - vintage 2007
- Gault Millau 2009 ranking: “Excellent” ice wine of the Year 2007 (91 Points). |
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Bergsträsser WINZER eG
Heppenheimer Stemmler - RIESLING EISWEIN
plucked at 206 degrees Oechsle on December 15, 2001
Gold-medal Award Winner from Mundus Vini
The exclusive ice wine has all an elegant sweetness. Eiswein is part of the
Prädikatswein quality category in the German wine classification, the same as
Icewine in Canada, which strictly follows the Vintners Quality Alliance (VQA) protocol to be labeled as such. |
