Alexis Bailey Vineyard, Hastings
"Where The Grapes Can Suffer"

www.abvwines.com

ISIS - ICE WINE ($38.99/375ml btl)

STYLE: A sweet white wine
ALCOHOL: 14%, Residual Sweetness: 14%

ISIS is made in the style of the famous Eiswein from Germany. The grapes are frozen, but it is only the water that freezes, and is then removed as ice. What is left behind is a wonderfully sweet juice to ferment into the luscious nectar known as ISIS.

Reminiscent of ripe apricots and peaches, citrus fruits and honey, the crisp acids maintained in our cold climate naturally balance our ISIS - Ice Wine. As we continue to struggle with the white grapes we traditionally have used to make this wine ( many of them have died off in our vineyard from lack of snow cover in winter), we look forward to the new varieties we are planting to replace them beginning this year with the LaCrescent, a variety developed at the University of Minnesota.

SERVING SUGGESTIONS

Ice Wine is translated from the German "Eiswein", a wine of longstading tradition made from grapes that are allowed to freeze on the vine before harvesting.

The water in the fruit is bound as frozen crystals, or "ice", and removed, leaving an extra sweet juice to ferment into wine. As water makes up over 40% of the composition of the grape you can easily see that the production of a wine like this is extremely limited and rare.

When matching sweet wines with dessert try to remember to choose desserts that are less sweet for the most complimentary flavors.

• Always serve well chilled - a cordial glass works best
• Keep an opened bottle, corked, in the fridge for up to a week
• Serve after dinner by itself for a light and easy dessert
• Serve with fruit tarts, such as a tart tartin of pears or apples
• A bowl of fresh seasonal fruits splashed with a little "ice"
• Biscotti or similar cookie, deliciously dipped in the wine
• Dried fruit compote
• Desserts with nuts

Distribution of ISIS is limited throughout the Twin Cities area. Please contact us if you would like to know store locations.

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