There are 2 ways to make Select Late Harvest wines: 1 way is to use the second pressing of juice from icewine grapes; the 2nd is to actually select a block(s) or row(s) of grapes to be picked later … this is the way that winemaker Derek Barnett makes his late harvest wines. His feeling is that good wine is made as fore-thought, not as an after-thought; and that by choosing his late harvested grapes before hand he makes the best wines possible. If you’ve had opportunity to try this wine, you’ll know he just might have a point. The smell is the first thing that’ll lure you in: peaches, apricots, honey, apples, other sweet fruits and banana chips – all clamour for your attention. The palate is just as lush, inviting and complex with wonderful flavours of dried fruits, apricots, bananas, wild flower honey, lilacs and yellow delicious apples. Succulent, smooth, a real taste treat … this is everything icewine should be, but without the high sugar count – this one’s only a 10; you’d swear it was higher. Two words remain to describe this wine: Absolutely and Gorgeous … the order is up to you.