Jul 23 2009
Canadian ice wine
Maybe the title of this article surprised you, because you can mention everything about this country but for wine. There is a word “must have” among shopaholics that mean something in fashion, for wine lovers Canadian wine companies are “must know” nowadays.
Though wine making companies exist practically everywhere but we can’t say anything about most of them, because all their products are similar with something we have tasted. That’s the reason we couldn’t say anything about Canadian wine industry for a long time.
But then Jackson-Triggs, well-educated and clever winery, began to make infrequent kind of wine that was called ice wine. Unique thing of the ice wine recipe is in use of iced grapes that limited amount of juice we can get from a berry, but effects on the wine flavour that become very aerial. Wine making of ice wines is very hard and expensive, the only reason for which companies are doing it is economies of scale, achieved only a large number of production. That’s why for “staying in the game” they need to produce it regularly and maintain production. Despite wine prices on this kind of wine are very high, it is still popular cause of unbelievable taste. All ice wines have very fruity taste with perfectly composed wine bouquet and seriously heavy substance.
Vineyards in Canada are situated to the west of Vancouver, in the place named Okanagan. Usually all Canadian names of regions or some objects have French or Native roots. Location of this place (nearness to the ocean and soft climate) creates ideal conditions for grapes growing.
Let’s mention some of the most well-known beverages by Jackson-Triggs wine company: Reserve 2003 Chardonnay (good example of excellent Chardonnay wine with unforgettable fullness of flavour), Grand Reserve 2002 Meritage (it’s a mix of Merlot and Sauvignon with special technology of producing), Grand Reserve 2002 Merlot (good concentrated substance with light full bouquet).
Jackson-Triggs wines remind to wine lovers French wines, produced in 60’s, for their big and rich flavour, ethereal and unbelievable taste and heavy substance. Jackson-Triggs company has no need in advertisement its noted all over the world for its perfect quality of wine and excellent taste qualities. Wine specialists are convinced that great future is waiting for Canadian wines and maybe someday they will be in the top 100 wine of the world. Who knows…will see how it will be!
Today it is very hard to find Jackson-Triggs wines in the wine rack and wine lovers can discover them only in the best wine stores in the country or order and wait for them. Bad conditions of weather led to gradual decrease in production over the past two years. Because of that reason the number of produced wines limited that led to a deficit on this wine. But in spite of all troubles that had happened to this brave Canadian company, Canadian wines found its own place at the wine market and in the hearth of wine lovers.
