Heritage Red
The full flavor of this dessert wine is the result of naturally removing pure ice from the Catawba juice before fermentation. A great choice for after dinner. If you enjoy Ice Wines, you will love Catawba Sweet Reserve.
The concentrated flavors and fruit acids are well balanced by Catawba Sweet Reserves sweetness. The color, luscious aroma and full flavor are the result of natural loss of water from the grapes. This is a very unique wine that is a great choice for after dinner. If you enjoy ice wines, you will love Catawba Sweet Reserve and its price.
Gold Medals:
2001 Taster's Guild Intl., MI
Silver Medals:
2006 Taster's Guild Wine Lovers Intl., MD
2006 Indy Intl., IN
2002 Riverside Intl., CA
2002 & 1999 Tasters Guild Intl., MI
Bronze Medals:
2008 Mid-America Comp., IA
2004 Finger Lakes Intl., NY
Winemaker Notes:
Catawba Sweet Reserve is a true late harvest wine made from 100% Catawba grapes from our vineyards. The grapes are not harvested until about 10 days after the killing frost. During this time the grapes desiccate on the vine and become very raisin-like. This is a nature process that removes more than 30% of the water from the grapes resulting in a concentration of the fruit flavors, color, and the acids and sugars produced by the grapes. It also means that there is a 30% reduction in the wine produced from these grapes. The concentrated, luscious flavors of Catawba Sweet Reserve explode in your mouth. Catawba Sweet Reserve has a TA of 13 g/l that is well-balance by its 8% residual sweetness and 11.8% alcohol. We bottle Catawba Sweet Reserve in 375 ml bottles because it is a wine to be served in small portions. Producing a late harvest wine from Catawba grapes is a value-added process that we can do consistently every year in Iowa unlike trying to produce ice wines. Catawba Sweet Reserve was the Tabor Home Winerys first wine to win a Gold medal in 1999 and again won Gold medals in 2006 and 2007.
Food Pairings:
Nut & spice cakes, pumpkin or apple pie, gingerbread