Tinhorn Creek Vineyards Tinhorn Creek Kerner Late Harvest 2007

South Okanagan Valley, BC VQA, Canada
Tweet
Natalie's Score: 89/100 Community Score: 4.4/5 Community Reviews: 3 Add My Review Product #: 632216 Wine Type: Dessert Wine	Price: $12.99 Alcohol: 13.4% Drink: 2009-2014 Sweetness: Sweet Bottle size: 200 ml Winery: Tinhorn Creek Vineyards Agent: Renaissance Wine Merchants

Note: I publish batches of reviews that I call Good Values Wine Picks. These are from the regular section of the liquor store rather than the Vintages section, and tend to be lower priced and the most widely available of all wines. The last four reviews I did were: May 22, March 7, January 4 and December 16.

Tasting note:

Such a pretty wine! Lovely aromas of ripe apricot, peach and pear preserves. The tropical fruit flavours make a tasty companion to any fruit-based dessert. Food matches: This wine is a perfect partner for fruit and nut desserts such as tarte tatin, pears poached in wine, or hazelnut tart. It is also an excellent choice for cheese, perhaps served with dried apricots and roasted nuts..

Reviewed December 1, 2009 by Natalie MacLean

More Reviews

Opinions about wine differ greatly as the experience is subjective. You may find it helpful to compare this critical evaluation of the wine with mine as well as your own:

The Kerner grapes were left to hang on the vines to make an Icewine, but when the cold weather had not come by the end of November we decided to harvest. The result was a late harvest wine rather than a Icewine, but we felt that we were taking a chance on the quality of the grapes if we left them to hang any longer. At first light, the cellar team harvested this vineyard cluster by cluster, taking only the highest quality grapes and leaving those that had been damaged by hanging.
The grapes were pressed and fermented cool over the course of two months. Once the wine had completed fermenting it was filtered and allowed to age in stainless steel tanks for an additional four months prior to bottling in June 2009.

Kerner routinely produces high sugar levels, so it is a natural choice for late harvest wines. Our 2008 Kerner Late Harvest has intense aromas of apricots, peaches and ripe apples, while citrus and tropical flavours add complexity on the palate. The key to this wine is its lovely natural acidity, which perfectly counterbalances its rich, ripe, mouth-filling fruit. The result is a wine very much in the Alsatian vendange tardive style: more focused on concentrated flavour and rich texture than intense sweetness.

If you liked this wine, you might also like these: