2013 Stratus Red Icewine – Vintages 56689 – $39.95 – ****+ – Red Icewine is still a well kept secret in the province. If you have never had the chance to taste Red Icewine you may as well set the bar high and go with a great producer like Stratus....
2013 The Good Earth Big Fork Red – Vintages 424325 – $18.95 – **** – There are a lot of non-conventional red blended wines you can find in Ontario but I don’t think any of them quite have this recipe. The Big Fork is a blend of Merlot, Pinot Noir,...
2013 Merlot – ****+ – $24.95 – Winery Only – This wine is stunning! The nose is ripe aromas of smoke with black currant, blackberry and coffee. The nose almost fools you because it is restrained and elegant. Once the wine hits your tongue prepare for a wake up call....
I was really looking forward to my visit to Leaning Post. I had a chance to meet owners Ilya and Nadia Senchuk last summer at I4C. After that this winery has a bit of a buzz about them. I have a soft spot for Gamay and they have quickly joined...
The weekend I was in Niagara tasting this wine it wasn’t supposed to be Syrah weekend but I was tasting with my friend Julian who loves it. I tasted Syrah at Marynissen, Lailey and Leaning Post (review next week). Needless to say I came home after eating my words that...
Marynissen isn’t a winery that many people are talking about these days. I have heard from other writer and people about the glory days of the winery and how great the wines were in the 90’s. Marynissen owns the oldest commercially planted Cabernet Sauvignon vines in the province. The winery...
2012 Henry of Pelham Family Tree Red – Vintages 247881 – $18.95 – ****+ – Juicy, ripe and delicious flavours of blackberry, dark plum, currant, and mocha with nice pepper on the finish. I last tasted this wine in 2014 and needless to say this still has a few years...
2012 Domaine de Valcolombe Cuvée Baroque – Price and Availability TBD – ****+ – This wine is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah. Flavours of Cassis, Blackberry, Plum with Cedar notes that bring up the finish. This bottle does need an hour in a decanter but the firm...
2013 Fielding Red Conception – Vintages 189183 – $18.95 – **** – Unpretentious and loaded with fruit. This easy drinking red blend brings raspberry, blackberry and plum in the mouth but isn’t too heavy. Medium bodied with good structure and medium tannin that softens quickly after opening. A good red...
2014 Flat Rock Pink Twisted – Vintages 39974 – $16.95 – **** – When you put your glass to your face and get aromas of swedish berries and fuzzy peaches you’re going to expect this wine to be sweet … but it isn’t. While the nose screams candy the flavours...
I had a chance to taste the big bluff wines that you can now find in the regular list of your local LCBO. There are a few other offerings that you can find in the vintages section as well. What I do know is that between the new offerings from...
2012 Tragically Hip Fully Completely Grand Reserve Red (Stoney Ridge) – Vintages 411595 – $24.95 – **** – The label is immediately recognizable as this wine was co-created with the Tragically Hip. A Bordeaux blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc right off the nose you get a little...
