2018 Estate Red Mountain Chenin Blanc Ice Wine - Kiona Vineyards & WInery

Sweet golden kiwi, herbal tea, peach syrup. Lemon zest, candied ginger, fresh lychee. An incredibly deep and luscious parade of orange marmalade, juicy pineapple, and canned pear booms with remarkable intensity while a crystalline drizzle of raw honey further augments the decadent yet delicate display. Beneath the profoundly succulent fruit a vein of chamomile and root spice imparts a riveting floral and herbal edge further bolstered by white mushroom and a brilliant boom of captivating botrytis. A distinctly cold and almost glacial impression of fallen snow provides an interestingly clean and fresh twist before relenting to a minutes-long heavily honeyed finish. Viscous and mouth-coating on the palate while remaining exceptionally lively and energetic; exhibiting tremendous sweetness that never comes off even the slightest bit cloying. Rich yet merely medium in body while fleshed out by delightfully high acidity. This 2018 Estate Red Mountain Chenin Blanc Ice Wine by Kiona Vineyards & Winery is a complex, captivating, and world class dessert wine from Washington State.

In the rarified world of high-end dessert wine there is perhaps no style more elusive and exceptional than the fabled Ice Wine. Created using grapes intentionally left hanging on the vine until they are picked frozen during the first major winter freeze, Ice Wine captures one of the most concentrated and complex sweetness profiles of any wine style in existence. This bottling, crafted by Kiona Winery using old vine Chenin Blanc sourced from their original Red Mountain estate vineyard, showcases just how compelling this unusual yet exquisite style can be. This wine explodes from the glass with bursts of deeply layered and decadent fruit yet remains consistently fresh and bright in the mouth thanks to an outstanding acid profile. Although extremely young and primary this is revealing gorgeous honey and botrytis notes that should evolve positively for decades or moee. This is a unique and unquestionably delicious offering from Red Mountain's seminal estate.