Pabala Winery

Liquid Gold Ice-Wine 2020 375mL

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  Vintage 2020
  92 points Wine Advocate Jr

This is a multi-vintage assemblage of a 100% Vidal Ice Wine produced in high-altitude Yunnan. The 2020 Liquid Gold Vidal Ice Wine has a deep-gold
appearance. On the nose, there is lifted, attractive, primary fruit showing dried peach, nectarine, apricot and lemon peel with distinct honey and a touch of nuttiness. On the palate, the wine is profoundly sweet and full-bodied but with
supporting acidity and nicely integrated 10.6% alcohol. Having said that, it is the integration of sugar and flavor that is most successful in this wine, as well as showing a varietally true core of fairly complex dried fruit with that distinct honey and touch of development. With its moderate to longer length, this wine is drinking very well now, but it will also develop positively in bottle over at least the next 2 years (personal preference dictating if you are of the mind that ice wine doesn't age well or whether the slight tertiary notes here will go on to develop positive aged notes). Personally, I'd drink this wine now, but it obviously has significant holding capacity, given the style.
-- Robert Parker