Pale yellow with pink reflections. Sweet nose of ripe apple; hints of honey, mineral and floral notes. Off-dry, tender acidity. Light fruity taste with more weight in the mid-palate thanks to the residual sugar. Ready to drink.
Made predominately of Marsanne (65%). At first the wine charms you with its generosity of fruit and opulence. Then the firm and compact structure on the finish, reminiscent of the chalky texture found in some Champagne, surprises and leaves you wanting more. Pretty and precise aromas of honey, Meyer lemon, wax and a hint of stone fruit lingers and finishes on a pleasant saline note. Profound and complex. Beautiful match with pan-seared scallops.
Pale straw in colour with a minerally, slightly smoky, honeyed grapefruit bouquet and a light floral note; light-bodied, off-dry, grapefruit and lime flavours with a touch of honey for balance. Long lemony finish of mouth-watering acidity.
Cider maker Tariq Ahmed stumbled on this “mutant” Ontario-grown hop variety from Clear Valley Hops and he hasn’t looked back, creating this feral cider that is the wild beast of the cider world at the moment. Wow, what a nose of bright apple, funky hop notes, yeast, brioche, lanolin, fresh-cut hay and underlying Mandarin orange and lychee aromas. It has delicious baked apple flavours, slight effervescence, dry hops and a pinch of astringency on the finish.
Shows good complexity on the nose with generously scented blackberry, raspberry, clove, a pinch of cinnamon and a piquant minty herbal note. Ripe blackberry fruit flavours come wrapped in smooth tannins with bright acidity and a light splash of chocolate. Fine value.
The warm 2016 vintage has given this wine fantastic concentration of dark cherries, cassis, wild raspberry and currants with earthy/brambly notes, violets and elegant oak spices on the nose. It’s all about the integrated red and dark fruits, even at this early stage, that are juicy yet poised and polished and meld perfectly with the oak spices.
This blend of 80% Cabernet Franc and 20% Cabernet Sauvignon doles out smoky tobacco, cassis, violets, cocoa, toast, graphite and a slight animal quality. The palate is ripe, with lots of fine tannins, fresh acid and great length. Drink until 2021.