Jason Solanki
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Wine lover since 2001! My interest in wine began while touring the factory where they printed the LCBO VINTAGES magazine.
Over time, my passion for wine grew. Now, I am highly regarded by friends and colleagues as a resource for when they need a wine for that special occasion, be it an anniversary, birthday, wedding, gatherings at home, or when they want to impress their special friend or the In-Laws.
Combining my interest in the Internet/web/computers, you can find me at https://vintagewinepicks.blogspot.com where you will find more wine reviews, events and contests.
Reviews
Angels Gate Mountainview Pinot Noir 2016, VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment
Ontario, Canada$30.00
Tasted Sept/2019.
3.5 Stars
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Castelo Do Mar Albariño 2018, Do Rías Baixas
Galicia, Spain$19.95
Screw cap. The fragrant nose is ripe with tropical fruit, pineapple, peach, citrus and apple aromas with touches of floral. It's medium-full bodied on the palate with a rich, honeyed concentration of fruit and flavours of citrus and apple. Acids are vibrant and zesty, while oyster shell mineral notes arrive on the back palate, adding complexity and lingering through to the long, lip-smacking finish. Tasted Dec/2020.
3.5 Stars
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Michele Chiarlo Reyna Barbaresco 2015, Docg
Piedmont, Italy$36.95
Medium+ intensity nose is mature and complex with dried red fruit, rose floral, plum, dried spice, vanilla, and cedar aromas. It is medium-full bodied on the palate with spice, red cherry, dried fruit, savoury, and forest floor flavours. Tannins are integrating well. Acids are balanced while the finish long and a touch warming. Very appealing overall and ready to drink now. Tasted Sept/2019.
3.5 Stars
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Norman Hardie Vieux Chêne Sauvignon Blanc 2017, VQA Niagara Peninsula
Ontario, Canada$21.75
Tasted Sept/2019.
3.5 Stars
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Julien Schaal Kaleidoscope Riesling 2017, Ac Alsace
Alsace, France$19.95
The medium+ intensity nose offers ripe, lemony freshness with herbal aromas. The medium bodied palate of this dry Riesling is quite concentrated with nice aroma replays on the flavour profile. Acids are balanced, while there is a touch of glycerin on the mouthfeel. Very good finish length. Tasted Sept/2019.
3.5 Stars
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Monte Del Frá Ca' Del Magro 2016, Doc Custoza Superiore
Veneto, Italy$16.75
A unique blend of 40% Garganega, 35% Cortese/Incrocio Manzoni, 15% Trebbianello, and 10% Trebbiano Toscano that has a fragrant and pretty nose of spring flowers, herbs, and lemon citrus, while the medium bodied palate offers herbally, apple, yellow fruit, and lemon citrus flavours. It has balanced acidity and very good length on the finish. Tasted Sept/2019.
3.5 Stars
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Calmel & Joseph Saint Chinian 2015, Ap
Languedoc, France$13.75
A blend of 50% Syrah, 30% Grenache, and 20% Cinsault from clay-limestone and schist soils, this has a ripe, fresh, smoky mineral, dark plum, mulberry, spice, and floral nose. The medium-full bodied palate is soft with rounded tannins and more smoky mineral, dark berry, mulberry, and touches of floral on the flavour profile. It has fresh acids while the finish is long and minerally. Tasted Sept/2019.
3.5 Stars
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Tinto Negro Finca La Escuela La Piedra Malbec 2016, Mendoza
Mendoza, Argentina$19.75
This has a fresh, medium+ intensity nose of blackberry, dark berry, and stony mineral notes with some spicy characters. It is medium+ bodied with ripe blackberry, mulberry, stony mineral flavours with touches of vanillin oak spice and floral. There is fresh, juicy acids, while ripe tannins are supple and smooth. Nice white pepper spice on the mid-palate, while the finish is long with lovely stony mineral, smoky, and dark berry notes. A wonderful wine to enjoy over the next 5-6 years. Tasted Oct/2019.
3.5 Stars
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