Midnight Frost Vidal Icewine 2015

Since the Pillitteri estate opened in 1993, they’ve won over a 1000 international awards. In particular, they’ve won Golds for their Icewines, including their first vintage, 1988. The family are of Sicilian origin – Gary and his dad came to Canada in 1948 and, once settled, the rest of the clan followed. Gary married another Sicilian, raising the family in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Starting as fruit farmers, in 1988 they experimented with making wine. Today they are undoubtedly the most successful in the region. This precious ice wine uses Canada’s most important grape, Vidal. Only when temperatures reach -8° can they harvest the frozen berries. The tiny amount of juice is amazingly sweet, with searing freshness too. Ideal in this dessert wine!