This latest bargain-priced brand from Magnotta offers varietals at wallet-friendly prices. This wine is ruby-coloured with a minty, cherry and pencil lead nose. It’s light on the palate with a fruity redcurrant flavour.
A sign that spring is on the horizon is the appearance of Muskoka Brewery’s Legendary Oddity, a seasonal release, on store shelves. The Belgian-style strong ale is seasoned with heather tips, juniper berries and orange peel, adding a touch of pine and fruit to the aroma. The Belgian yeast shines through, layering in more fruit complexity, and there’s a building bitterness on the palate. If you like this beer, try to get your hands on Legendary Oddity Gin, the spirit is seasoned with the same botanicals, as well as hops.
From the Lucchine vineyard at the foot of the Piedmont hills of the heartland of Valpolicella, this is a 25-year-old clay and limestone rooted blend of Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella, Molinara, Rossignola, Negrara, and Dindarella. Stainless fermented, then rested for a brief 2 months, this is a humble, charming Valpo with bright, sapid red fruit, perfumed florals, smoked stones, tobacco leaves, and fine, taut tannins to an alluring salt snap finish. Lower in alcohol (12.5 degrees), this charming, humble red is eager for a slight chill and to be paired with your pork or game birds.
A blend of Merlot, Tempranillo, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec and Syrah. Deep ruby in colour with a cedary, savoury-herbal nose of black fruits; medium-bodied, dry, with forward flavours of blackberry, plum, black liquorice and iodine, finishing with ripe tannins.
The Diamond series represents the heart of the Rosemount portfolio. The Shiraz shows dark plums, blueberry pie and raspberries with nutmeg and peppery spices. It’s smooth on the palate with dark fruits and raspberry-cherry notes, all backed up by an array of baking spices and pepper.
The vines for this wine are from an 1860s-planted vineyard; they really show off their maturity with a big mineral character but also the richness of fruit, with blackberry, cassis, mocha and liquorice, and a really spicy bite to the finish.
Opaque plum red. Medium-intensity nose featuring plums, raspberries, and a bit of smoke and allspice from oak aging. Medium bodied with prominent tannins and acidity, tasting of ripe plums and cherries. Alcohol is high but well integrated. Will lend class to your spaghetti bolognese. Drink through 2021.