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By Chadsey’s Cairn NV County Rosé

There are quite a few really good rosés coming out of Ontario these days; either rosé has a new lease on life or pink is every winemaker’s new favourite colour. Whatever the reason, By Chadsey’s has made an interesting and tasty one here. Rosés are usua ...

By Chadsey’s Cairn 2008 Muscat

★★★★½

07/07/2009 - Weekly Wine Note and Podcast … For full review copy and paste the following link into your browser: http://ontariowinereviews.blogspot.com/2009/07/by-chadseys-cairn-2008-muscat-2180.html ... when cutting and pasting into your browser be su ...

By Chadsey’s Cairn 2008 Chenin Blanc

★★★★★

Sometimes I stick my price-o-meter in my pocket and just savour a wine. While I believe $24 for a Chenin Blanc is quite a bit of money, I have to also concede that this is one hell of a good wine. Winemaker Vita says the wine is loaded with peach, but m ...

By Chadsey’s Cairn 2006 Riesling

When you think Riesling what springs to mind? Apples and peaches; or lemons and limes? If you think the latter then this wine is for you. With only point-three grams of residual sugar this wine is dry, dry, dry with lots of citrus zing on both the nose ...

By Chadsey's Cairn 2009 Rubanesque

★★★★

01/31/2011 - Weekly Wine Note Podcast … to listen paste the following link into your browser: http://ontariowinereview.com/wine-notes/753-by-chadseys-cairn-2009-rubanesque-audio-only ... Price: $22.00 - Rating: ****

Burning Kiln 2011 Strip Room

★★★★

A blend of Merlot and Cabernet Franc that goes through a little appassimento (drying of the grapes). The nose is raspberry, vanilla and plum; while on the palate you’ll find plum, chocolate, vanilla and a touch of sweet fruit – this is smooth and easy dr ...

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Burning Kiln 2010 Strip Room

★★★½

Strip Room is a Merlot (60%) - Cabernet Franc (40%) blend made in the kiln drying method pioneered here in Ontario by roving winemaker Andrezj Lipinski. The Franc is all fresh (undried fruit) while the Merlot saw 16 days of kiln-drying with 9 months of a ...

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Burning Kiln 2010 Riesling

★★★½

With a name like Burning Kiln you just know there are going to be questions, so let's make the answers short and sweet. Burning Kiln is located on the north shore of Lake Erie around Turkey Point / Port Dover. They along with 7 other wineries and 7 grow ...

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Burning Kiln 2010 Kiln Hanger

★★★★

Another of these kiln dried (appassimento) style wines that some winery’s in the province are beginning to get known for. Burning Kiln, for obvious reasons, just happens to be one of those wineries. The drying for this 100% Cabernet Franc wine happened ov ...

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Burning Kiln 2010 Cureman's Chardonnay

★★★½

Here's a wine from Ontario's "South Coast" a new wine making area in the province that seems to have had an explosion of wineries popping up. One of those new wineries is Burning Kiln. The name comes from their use of kilns to dry the grapes - a process ...

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Black Prince 2008 Chardonnay Terroir Elite

★★★★½

Here I am on a Sunday afternoon trying this wine in celebration of the New Orleans Saints squeaked out victory over the Washington Redskins (33-30 in overtime). Now I am not sure when I became a Saints fan, but I find myself rooting for them every week, ...

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Black Prince 2006 Reserve Cabernet Franc

This wine placed seventh overall in the OntarioWineReview Cabernet Franc Challenge (Reserve category) – up against some pretty stiff competition, I was very impressive by the outcome for this County winery. Now to be honest these aren’t just county grape ...

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Black Prince 2004 Cabernet Franc

Black Prince Winery has the distinction of being one of the two wineries from which I purchased one of my 2 bottles, bought back in 2004; so I was looking forward to returning and sample something else. This 2004 Cabernet France is a soothing wine, becau ...

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Birchwood 2008 Fresh Sauv Blanc / Chardonnay

★★★½

The nose of this wine is very pretty and alluring, especially if you like floral smells in your wine. The palate continues the floral along with apple and lemony sensations, very sippable and enjoyable, but Chardonnay seems to overpower the Sauvignon Bla ...

Birchwood 2008 Fresh Merlot / Syrah

★★★★

Another interesting red blend from this line of wines; again it works with some odd results. The nose has a hint of mocha chesecake making it one that is fun to smell; you’ll also find some black currants hanging about. There’s a firmness in the mouth n ...

Birchwood 2008 Fresh Gewurzt / Riesling

★★★★

This wine follows in the footsteps of previous versions of this Birchwood blend. The nose is floral and lychee with lots of perfume notes; the taste is apple, pear, lychee and peachy. It really takes on its’ name as this wine is fresh and refreshing wit ...

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