During a recent Mountain Road icewine tasting, a few friends and I lined up 6 years worth of Mountain Road icewine (1999-2004) to compare and contrast their colours, smells and flavours. In the colour department (from darkest to lightest), this one ranked 2nd, in the nose department, it was dead last, with no taster being able to distinguish any fruit what-so-ever, and one even claimed it smelled tinny. So why review it at all you ask … well because in the overall scheme of things this wine placed 2nd amongst the 6 wines for one main reason, and it’s the reason we all drink wine: the taste. Even with two strikes against it mighty ’01 delivered homerun flavours: apples and pears, peaches and apricots with a beautiful fresh fruit compote finish – wow. Just goes to show you, you can’t keep a good wine down … and never count one out just because it doesn’t deliver on smell. Price: $34.95