Pabala WineryLiquid Gold Ice-Wine 2020 375mL
About this product
- TypeVidal 100%
- Size375ML
- Current Vintage2020
- Standard Drinks3.1
- Alcohol Volume10.6%
- CountryChina
- Brand NamePabala Winery
- Wine MakerQiXiu HU
- Food MatchSpicy Foods
- ClosureCork
- Wine SweetnessSweet
- Wine BodyFull Bodied
- Organictrue
2023 FIWA - France International Wine Awards Paris Gold Medal

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


