Schmitt Sohne, Ice Wine, 2016, 0.5 L
Tasting Notes
The wine is light golden brown.
The taste is light wine, delicate, with fruity, floral and honey shades.
Unusually mild aroma of the wine is filled with notes of white flowers and candied fruits.
The wine goes well with dishes of poultry and fish, fruit and fruit and berry desserts.
Interesting Facts
Wine "milk of the beloved" is also called "Milk Madonna". For the first time this wine produced nuns of the monastery of the Virgin Mary, in the city of Worms. The first mention of "Liebfraumilch" documents found in the monastery of the XVIII century, but there is a legend that the nuns treated to Friedrich Barbarossa in the middle of the XII century. According to German law, "Liebfraumilch" must only be in the territory of 4 regions of Germany, including Reynhessene. "The milk of the beloved" is the most popular German wines in the world, is exactly half of the wine exports.
White semisweet wine Schmitt Sohne, "Liebfraumilch" made from grape varieties Riesling, Müller Thurgau, Kerner and Silvaner grown on slate slopes in the Rhine region. This beautiful region is famous for its steep terraced vineyards crowned with medieval castles and ruins. The soil is made of clay and shale provide excellent crops for the production of fresh, aromatic wine with lively fruit acidity.