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Coyote's Run Rare Vintage Chardonnay 2013, VQA Four Mile Creek, Niagara Peninsula Bottle
Coyote's Run Rare Vintage Chardonnay 2013, VQA Four Mile Creek, Niagara Peninsula
Ontario, Canada
$24.95

Nice full bodied Chard. Sweet and buttery. Maybe a tad off balance but delicious all the same.

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Boschendal 1685 S & M 2013 Bottle
Boschendal 1685 S & M 2013
South Africa
$16.75

Starts sweet and finishes sour with a burn. It's a simple fruity wine. It's thin and watery on the palate and the acid is quite high. It's not terrible, but it's unbalanced, thin and hot. Blah, a pass for me.

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Penthouse Pinot Noir 2013, Adelaide Hills Bottle
Penthouse Pinot Noir 2013, Adelaide Hills
South Australia, Australia
$12.25

As always, give this wine time to breath and drink it out of a nice burgundy stem and it blooms into a well balanced and quite diverse Pinot. Smokey strawberries and tomato plant waft out of the glass. The palate is light with classic Pinot developed tannins. Great buy!

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Henry Of Pelham Estate Chardonnay 2011, VQA Short Hills Bench, Niagara Peninsula Bottle
Henry Of Pelham Estate Chardonnay 2011, VQA Short Hills Bench, Niagara Peninsula
Ontario, Canada
$19.95

Offers what most like in Chardonnay - a vanilla creaminess, woodsy oak, honey dew and poached peach/pear...but it also has a little roughness to it... a slight bite and toughness. I'd say this is a masculine muscle man style of chard. It drinks like a smoky scotch.

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Foreign Affair Dream 2012, VQA Niagara Peninsula Bottle
Foreign Affair Dream 2012, VQA Niagara Peninsula
Ontario, Canada
$29.95

This was my favourite full bodied wine at Cuvee 2016. If you like rich full bodied reds, look no further.

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Finca La Cuesta 2011, Do Bierzo Bottle
Finca La Cuesta 2011, Do Bierzo
Galicia, Spain
$16.75

There's a lot to love about this Spanish Red. Mencia reminds of Rhone varietals. Violets, hot stone, vanilla oak, smoke. Tannins are tight but the palate is graceful with nice mineral notes and blackberry flavours. Great buy, highly recommend!

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Loimer Grüner Veltliner Trocken 2011, Dac Kamptal Bottle
Loimer Grüner Veltliner Trocken 2011, Dac Kamptal
Austria
$19.95

Am i missing something? I thought this Gruner tasted like sake. Lemon/Lime rice flaovors. Not really my cup of tea.

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Château Saint Nicolas 2010, Ac Cadillac Côtes De Bordeaux Bottle
Château Saint Nicolas 2010, Ac Cadillac Côtes De Bordeaux
Bordeaux, France
$19.95

Impressive for the price. Some funky old world cheese scents, charcoal, blackberry, and cassis. Very dark on the nose. The palate is surprisingly soft but with noticeable tannins. Highly recommend!

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Tawse Cherry Avenue Pinot Noir 2010, Twenty Mile Bench VQA Bottle
Tawse Cherry Avenue Pinot Noir 2010, Twenty Mile Bench VQA
Ontario, Canada
$57.95

Needs time. Tannins are harsh and flavours are muted. Great bones to this wine however. Perhaps it will become lovable over time...

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Kew Vineyards Estate Heritage 2012, VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment Bottle
Kew Vineyards Estate Heritage 2012, VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment
Ontario, Canada
$39.95

This is quite firm at the moment. Lots of cherry-tobacco, cassis, ripe plum - typical Cab flavours. But the palate is quite harsh and burns. I imagine this will soften, so great wine but needs time. Try the 2012 Solder's Grant, it's much more approachable.

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