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Vineland Estates Winery 2006 Dry Riesling
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Date added;:	03.Oct.2007
Author :	Michael Pinkus - Grape Guy

Description In France, the bell-weather for the most recent vintage is Beaujolais-Nouveau, the very first wine made from the new crop. It comes out in November, just in time for American Thanksgiving. It’s light, fruity, has no oak age what-so-ever and little manipulation is done to the grape; it’s literally pressed, fermented and bottled … voila, a ready to drink wine for immediate consumption (by Christmas or so). The bell-weather here in Ontario seems to be Riesling. It’s usually the first wine to come out, showing up in early Spring, it has little manipulation done to it and is light and fruity (though has much more ageability than the Beaujolais). 2006 seems like a pretty good vintage if this Riesling is any indication; but then again, Vineland is known for making superb Rieslings, so using them as the bell-weather, is cheating a little. This dry (1) has got some real biting acidity to it, but that should settle down with a few more months in bottle. I first tasted it in the spring upon release, the focus was on citrus and grapefruit, with some mouthpuckering tartness. But, over the summer it should mellow and what you sniff: peach and melon, will match with the flavours you’ll be getting in the mouth right alongside that citrus zing. I see this wine ageing quite well over the next several years.

Notes Summer Selection: Sept. 27, 2007 ... available from the winery and the LCBO

Varietal / Grape Riesling

Region Niagara

Winery Vineland

Year 2006

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