This is intense and sweet, featuring dried apricot, salted caramel, honey and grapefruit aromas and flavors. Refined and alluring, with a clean, refreshing finish. Drink now through 2038.

This is intense and sweet, featuring dried apricot, salted caramel, honey and grapefruit aromas and flavors. Refined and alluring, with a clean, refreshing finish. Drink now through 2038.

The Vidal Gold fermented in new French oak at an average temperature of 59 degrees Fahrenheit for 16 days. The wine was then allowed to age an additional three months in oak before racking. The result is a fantastic wine that oozes apricot jam, yellow apple, honey, and a fruity hint of Emmental cheese with every sniff from the glass. Flavors of clover honey, tangerine, and buttered cinnamon toast glide on a texture that is thickset, but not cloying. Stick me in a quiet corner with this wine and a chunk of English Stilton, and I’ll be exceedingly happy.

Dip a Golden Delicious apple slice in caramel to get an idea of how fabulous this wine smells. Additional aromas include peach, orange and ginger. Flavors like graham crackers slathered in guava icing, honeycomb and peach glide along a soft, thick palate. The acidity is on the soft side, but the “yum factor” is high.

Golden Delicious apples are joined by aromas of yarrow, butter and the lightest wisp of petrol. A texture as rich and voluptuous as Troy Polamalu's wavy locks is home to a rich mix of a sweet and creamy Champagne mango, toffee and thyme. A surprising amount of juicy acidity only adds to the enjoyment of this icewine.