This medium-bodied beauty offers aromas of tropical fruit, gooseberries, melon, tangerines, and herbs. There is concentration and length, with perfect balancing acidity. It will show best with food, so pair it with a freshwater fish, such as pickerel in a herb/butter sauce or fresh goat cheese wrapped in chives.
Wowser! Yet another great Riesling from Tawse. This beauty is all about lime, minerals, pineapple, apples and hints of honeyed yellow plums. Its medium body does convey some residual sugar, but the racy acidity gives it the feel of a dry wine. With its long finale, the wine will easily stand up to any shellfish you throw its way.
‘SAS,’ as I like to call her, has crafted her finest Riesling to date. From 14-year-old vines, this bottle delivers bergamot, citrus, peach, lime and minerals on the nose. In the mouth, honey, apples and grapefruit are thrown into the mix. It is a touch off-dry with an exuberant acid that gives definition and carries the length. Drink it now until 2016.
100% Pinot Noir. Elegantly fragrant, delicately fruity bouquet, a hint of floral lift and yeasty brioche. In the mouth, generous fine fruit is wrapped in a rounded, creamy texture with some citrus notes. Stony mineral and lively acidity provide good structure, agreeably softened by warm fruit and creamy mouth feel. Under 300 bottles were produced.
Sourced from 30-year-old estate vines, this age worthy, iconic Okanagan dry Riesling delivers impact now. An impressive attack of citrus, green apple and petrol on the nose. Mouth-puckering white grapefruit acidity accompanies tingling ginger, mineral and lime zest flavours that linger long. Its development will fascinate and reward over the next 10 years.
One of Canada’s new leading breweries is producing some of the best-balanced and uniquely flavoured beers on the market. Black with aromas and flavours of vanilla, dark chocolate, bourbon and roasted malt, this surprisingly well-balanced beer is mildly hoppy, but the cocoa brings a touch of bitterness. Very smooth and approachable, yet lots of character. Brewed with organic fair-trade cocoa.
Bruce Nicholson has hit the mark with his third release of a Legacy wine. This time around, the wine chosen to bear the name is a Pinot Gris from the excellent white wine vintage of 2009. Light yellow colour with a peach tint, this aromatic offering reveals layers of smoke, honey, lanolin, peach, cinnamon, baked apple and cream. The 14% alcohol is held beautifully in check by flavours of peach, orange, apple, mango and cream. The length just carries on and there is just a hint of sweetness also. Only 130 cases were made of this wine. It is one of Niagara’s best renditions of this varietal to date.