David Brodati, DipWSET
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Henry Of Pelham Estate Riesling 2018, Certified Sustainable, VQA Short Hills Bench, Niagara Escarpment
Ontario, Canada$19.95
HoP's estate Riesling offers notions of white flowers, tart apple, lemon-lime and a hint of petrol. The mouthfeel is slightly creamy with bright acidity. There's good balance and very good length. Excellent escarpment Riesling typicity. Well done and well priced. March 2020.
3.5 Stars
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Maycas Del Limari Reserva Especial Syrah 2008, Limarí Valley
Limari Valley, Chile$19.95
Sits dark, opaque and magenta edged in the glass. Dark fruit nose. Full, dense and spicy. Quite complex with taste buds delivering blackberry, pepper, tobacco, leather and chocolate. Lengthy with nicely integrated tannins and high alcohol doing a curtain call. Very nice syrah. 90+ so grip it n' sip it! Tasted March 2013.
3.5 Stars
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Lighthall Chardonnay 2018, Prince Edward County
Ontario, Canada$35.00
A balanced and harmonious PEC Chard from Lighthall. Nice interplay between fruit and County saline minerality. Apple, pear, lemon, caramel and a sage-like herbal note. I really like the palate in terms of creamy texture. The acidity is bright and the length is excellent. Highly quaffable. Serve with butternut squash bisque. Jan. 2022.
3.5 Stars
Bougrier Vouvray 2014
Loire, France$16.10
This review is for the '15. This pale gold Chenin displays good Vouvray typicity. The nose shows quince, melon, honey. The palate is off dry, medium bodied with enough acidity to balance the sweetness. A slight bitterness on the finishe with some burn. Very good length. Jan. 2017.
3.5 Stars
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Channing Daughters Ramato Pinot Grigio 2020
New York, Usa$31.25
I love checking out wines that elicit a range of scores from the pro critics, and as the official arbiter of conflicting scores, I was amped to try this Orange wine. But oy vay, what a conundrum it presents. It scores on complexity with grapefruit, marmalade, poached pear, tea, black licorice, sage, honey, toasted marshmallow and more. Texturally there's some tannin and a viscosity in an off-dry frame. The finish is quite long. The acidity is modest so it's a touch flabby. Some alcohol heat reduces marks for balance. But what a fun adventure from an AVA we don't see much of in these parts.
3.5 Stars
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Heartland Spice Trader Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon 2013, Langhorne Creek
South Australia, Australia$17.00
Aptly named shiraz/cab sauv blend. For me this wine is all about the complex and fairly intense aromatics with black cherry, cassis, plum, menthol, anise, cedar, spice and black pepper. A bit too jammy for me with softer tannin and a touch hot, but good value at $17.00 and a great deal with the markdown I found at $12. April 2016.
3.5 Stars
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Château Plaisance 2009, Ac Bordeaux Supérieur
Bordeaux, France$19.95
Great value in a lovely Bordeaux from an excellent vintage. Six years on now and not quite hitting middle age. Dark fruit (black cherry, blackberry, cassis) not quite yet fading to dry and integrating with secondary flavours of herbal mint, leather, tobacco, cedar, pencil shavings and graphite minerality. Well balanced with a nice seam of acidity and dusty tannins just starting to soften. Excellent length. Sept. 2015.
3.5 Stars
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Leaning Post Chardonnay Wismer Foxcroft Vineyard 2018, Twenty Mile Bench
Ontario, Canada$40.00
A lovely chard from Wismer Foxcoft showing nice ripeness of fruit from the 2018 vintage (apple, pear, melon), but framed by integrated oak spice, bright acidity and a slight flinty reductive minerality. A honeyed note and sage like herbal add complexity. Texturally it shines with a lovely creaminess on the palate. The length is excellent. Sept. 2022.
3.5 Stars
Rosehall Run Ceremony Blanc De Blancs Brut, VQA Prince Edward County
Ontario, Canada$36.00
A nice little PEC Chardonnay sparkler with very fine mousse, almost frizzante in lightness of bubble but very persistent. Crisp apple, biscuit, vibrant acidity, minerality all co-mingle in a nice package that lasts fairly long on the palate. I paired this with a creamy butternut squash bisque dressed with pomegranate seeds and served with fresh crusty bread. The Blanc de Blanc's acidity was a nice foil to the creamy soup and enhanced the bite of tartness from the pomegranate seeds. The wine's autolytic character made us gobble up way too much bread. Very enjoyable. Jan. 2018.
3.5 Stars
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Creekside Syrah 2013, Niagara Peninsula
Ontario, Canada$15.95
Ok, so the press isn't broken, but this is still a nice Syrah. Medium bodied with crunchy vibrant acidity. Red fruit, pepper, spice, anise, a suggestion of meat. But the line between juicy tart sour and overt greeness is a thin one. Oak is not overdone, tannin is soft and fine and length is excellent. Nov. 2015.
3.5 Stars