This is the best Pinot Norman Hardie has made yet from County fruit. Deep ruby in colour with a spicy nose of raspberries and vanilla oak. Medium-bodied; elegant with sweet fruit beautifully balanced with oak and a mineral thread. Great length.
This, the first release of this wine, was made from young vines, but there is nothing juvenile about it. The bouquet doles out cherries, flowers and spice. On the attack, it is elegant and linear, but long-lasting. It drinks well now, but given the acidity and tannin, it should age well over the next 3 years.
Dark ruby. Intense nose of red fruits, floral notes and smooth oak. Nice tannic structure; firm and tight. Delicate acidity. The tight finish is a sign of a great future.
Somewhat brooding nose nonetheless reveals fine red cherry with a dusting of cinnamon and refined oak. Classic cherry fruit with full-bodied, solid backbone and well-integrated fruit, oak and a splash of milk chocolate on the finish.
Here’s the deal. Foreign Affair has cut its teeth on appassimento-style wines and excels at the highest level of quality in Niagara. This is the pièce de résistance, with the Cabernet Franc grapes dried an incredible 163 days and aged for 2 years in French oak. It is massive with thick aromas of cassis, currants, sweet eucalyptus, leather, stewed herbs, espresso, loam and spice that evolve in the glass. It is made with 16.5% alcohol, yet doesn’t show the heat. Think brambleberries, concentrated black fruits, mature cherries, an array of sweet and savoury spices, mocha, wood spice and plush tannins that melt away with grilled New York strip. My, oh, my.
Very light and fresh in style (no malolactic fermentation), this fermented-in-bottle sparkler exhibits a frothy, small-bubbled mousse that makes the wine disappear before it’s swallowed. Lemon, apple and honeydew melon unfurl to a very dry, crisp, mineral finish. Snap off crown cap; pour; celebrate.
Attractive orange-rose colour, persistent tiny bubbles and lively textured mousse. Bright red fruits — currants, cherries, plums — abound from its fresh nose to zesty, off-dry palate. Embrace that signature Nova Scotia minerality. Blend of Maréchal Foch (50%), Pinot Noir (20%), L’Acadie (20%), Vidal (8%) and Seyval (2%). Fine choice for the holidays.