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l'Orpailleur Ice Wine

$29.00
$29.00
Vente Épuisé
Taxes incluses.

*Minimum order of 12 bottles of wine

Sweet wine with aromas of apricot, honey, candied fruit and mango. On the palate, this complexity of flavors is supported by a refreshing acidity and a nice balance, with notes of imposing fruit.

  • Grapes: Vidal
  • 9.5% alc./vol. / 200ml
  • First vintage: 1997

Production method

Exceptional wine made from overripe grapes from the winter harvest picked between -8°C and -12°C, which promotes the desiccation of the berries and a must that is both richer and more concentrated. When 100 kg of grapes normally yields 70 to 75 L of must, this volume is only 12 to 15 L for our precious Icewine.

Download the technical sheet

Available at the SAQ

Pairings

As an aperitif or with foie gras canapes, crepes with goat cheese and peach jam, fruit garden, strawberry and rhubarb tart or apple tart.

Reviews

l'Orpailleur ice wine remains one of the most complete and harmonious on the market. An almost perfect balance between the opulence of grapes full of flavors and sugar - whose effect of successive freezing and thawing also concentrates acidity and phenols. The result is sublime! Bottled winter poetry.
- Nadia Fournier - Wine Guide 2022

This is a great Icewine... What a great product! Powerful and complex scents of candied fruit, tropical fruit, flowers and honey, which are found in the mouth with great intensity. A creamy icewine, all in balance, with fresh and long flavors.
- Thierry Debeur - Guide Debeur

Awards and Recognition

BIG GOLD | 2020 World Selections
GOLD | 2019 World Selections
GOLD | International Vinalies 2019
BIG GOLD | 2017 World Selections
GOLD / International Wine & Spirit Competition 2016
Best Icewine | Finger Lakes International Wine Competition 2016
GOLD | All Canadian Wine Championship 2016
GOLD | Nations Cup 2016
GOLD | 2016 World Selections
GOLD | Desjardins Audience Award 2016
BIG GOLD | 2015 Great Wines of Quebec Competition
GOLD | 2015 World Selections
DOUBLE GOLD | Finger Lakes International Wine Competition 2015
DOUBLE GOLD | Finger Lakes International Wine Competition 2014
GOLD | International Vinalies 2014
BIG GOLD | 2014 Great Wines of Quebec Competition
BIG GOLD | 2013 Great Wines of Quebec Competition
GOLD | 2013 World Selections
SILVER | International Vinalies 2013
SILVER | 2013 Desjardins Audience Award
GOLD | Vinalies of China 2012
GOLD | World Selections Canada 2012
BIG GOLD | 2012 Desjardins Audience Award
BRONZE | Decanter World Wine Awards (England) 2012
GOLD | Finger Lakes International Wine Competition 2012
BRONZE | Decanter World Wine Awards (England) 2011
GOLD | International Vinalies Paris 2011
GOLD | 2011 Great Wines of Quebec Competition
GOLD | Vinalies Asia (China) 2011
GOLD | 2010 Great Wines of Quebec Competition
GOLD | Harvest Festival Magog-Orford 2010
GOLD | World Selections Canada 2010
SILVER | Finger Lakes International Wine Competition 2010
GOLD | Vinalies Asia (China) 2010
GOLD | International Vinalies 2009
GOLD | CINVE Spain 2009

Recommended custody

5 to 7 years old

Serving temperature

8 to 12°C

This wine is certified IGP Quebec ice wine

Wines certified by the Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) are 100% grown and produced in Quebec. So you know it's an authentically local wine.

A certification that tastes just as good... we'd be crazy not to!

PGI Wine of Quebec

The Ice Wine of Quebec "the wine of the extreme"

While most grapes around the world are picked during summer weather conditions, this grape is picked not only in the snow, but with extreme temperatures approaching -12C. What a great challenge for winegrowers from the south of France!

The ice harvest