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Quails' Gate Merlot 2009, VQA Okanagan Valley
British Columbia, Canada$26.95
Amazing poise in this wine. Gorgeous layered nose of raspberry and blackberry and earthy spice with a touch of vanilla. The palate is silky but with concentrated berry, herb, and spice. It's very nicely balanced with a warm, lengthy finish of fruit and spice. The tannins are a bit green but it's drinking very well. I enjoyed with venison and pork tourtière and it was synergistic match. Great to see reasonably priced Canadian wines achieving this level of sophistication.
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Domaine De La Côte De L'ange Châteauneuf Du Pape 2010, Ac
Rhône, France$37.95
Deeply aromatic and flavourful, smooth, balanced with a long finish. Satisfying.
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Luca Malbec 2009, Uco Valley, Mendoza
Mendoza, Argentina$32.95
Inky purple color. Deep stewed fruit aromas framed with mocha and a bit of spice. Palate is silky smooth black cherry and chocolate. Warm, full bodied, well layered, balanced and with great lingering finish. Quite rich and delicious.
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La Pieve Barolo 2008, Docg
Piedmont, Italy$34.95
Such great contrasts in this wine. Big fruit and smoked herbs and spice balanced by sharp acids and tannic grit. A real pleasure to drink and just about perfect as a match to the umami euphoria of a medium rare ribeye.
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Keenan Cabernet Sauvignon 2008, Napa Valley
California, Usa$45.25
A beautiful but overpriced cab. aromatics and palate revolving around a deep core of dark fruit supported by toasty mocha, herbs, and sweet earthiness. structure is great through perhaps not elegant. long finish. excellent accompaniment to steak but not worth $61 in my view.
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Emiliana Winemaker's Selection Syrah 2011, Casablanca Valley
Casablanca Valley, Chile$19.95
Big fruit and a touch sweet but nice herb driven complexity and balance. A crowd pleaser with enough poise and structure to satisfy a more critical palate.
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Finca Villacreces Pruno 2011
Ribera Del Duero, Spain$21.95
Bright and vibrant but with an elegance and complexity that lingers. Lots of herbal and gentle spice notes here overlaying a bed of great fruit. The vibrant balance of this wine is what impresses the most. Very enjoyable.
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Norman Hardie Unfiltered Niagara Pinot Noir 2010, VQA Niagara Peninsula
Ontario, Canada$39.00
Just beautiful. Loads of fruit while avoiding the sweetness that's typical of new world pinots. Lot of interest in the earthy, smokey and spicy genre ... all layer on a lengthy, poised palate. Worth the indulgence.
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Bellingham The Bernard Series Old Vine Chenin Blanc 2012, Coastal Region
South Africa$22.95
beautiful. lemon drop, nectar, and sweet herbs on the nose with a layered lemon-zesty palate adding orchard fruit, toffee and toasted nuts. great balance and a long flavourful finish. highly satisfying.
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Auntsfield Single Vineyard Pinot Noir 2011, Southern Valleys
Marlborough, New Zealand$32.95
New world fruit but with old world restraint and structure. Sour cherry, underripe plum with lots of toasted herbs dominate the palate. It's plush but with a beautiful backbone of acidity and fine grained tannins that give it a great mouthfeel and structure and long finish. Very nice.
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