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Exultet 2010 ‘The Blessed’ Chardonnay
For a guy that doesn’t like Chardonnay (and for once I’m not talking about myself here), owner / winemaker Gerard Spinosa is sure doing a great job with the grape. Sixteen months in new French mixed forest barrels (“though one might be Hungarian,” says G ...
Exultet 2010 ‘The Beloved’ Pinot Noir
With a name like “the Beloved” behind it you’d think the wine were named after a wife, or kid, parent or respected family member … Nope, it’s beloved because the wine is made from a single clone that winemaker Gerard Spinosa loves. The nose is floral and ...
Exultet 2010 ‘Cru X’ Pinot Noir
This is the more approachable Pinot from Exultet, yet still needs a few years. Winemaker Gerard Spinosa loves new oak, though he admits he has to do something with those 2nd year barrels – so another wine might be in the pipeline … for now, this wine spe ...
Exultet 2009 Pinot Noir
When I tried this wine it had been open for 24 hours, then I compared it to a newly opened bottle. The new bottle was spice dominant, very chewy and very closed … it needs time to breather and time to age. Give it the 24 hoursa and you’ll find cranberry ...
Erie Shore Vineyard 2010 Cabernet
When Erie Shore puts "Cabernet" on the label they mean Cabernet Franc, because it's the Cabernet they believe in, they don't grow the kid, just the father. The nose is an inviting smoked-raspberry, while the palate is rich on fruit: cherry, raspberry and ...
Erie Shore Vineyard 2008 Cabernet Fire & Ice
This fortified wine takes it's name from the burn and the pleasure it delivers in the mouth. It's a mix of Cabernet Franc icewine and late harvest wine fortified with alcohol to 21%. It has a sweet beginning with a real spicy finish, and a hint of burn ...
Erie Shore Vineyard 2007 Zweigelt
Zwiegelt is an Austrian grape that makes some pretty light and fruit driven wines that can have the characteristics of Pinot Noir. The Lake Erie version from Erie Shor Vineyard has a raspberry and sour cherry nose … the palate is bright and easy drinking ...
Erie Shore Vineyard 2007 Vidal
Yippee Ki-Yi-Yah Mother … well any movie fan should know the rest of this one, so let’s move on from the cliché to something tangible. This is a great little Vidal – I know not the world’s most respectable grape, and saying that a winery makes the “Best ...
Erie Shore Vineyard 2007 Summer Sun
Harvey and Alma Hollingshead are not just convinced that Cabernet Franc is Ontario’s grape – but that it is their bread and butter grape. Erie Shore makes at least 3 different kinds of Cab Franc a year: a regular, a reserve and a rosé. Their Summer Sun ...
Erie Shore Vineyard 2007 Cabernet
07/28/2009 - Weekly Wine Note and Podcast … For full review copy and paste the following link into your browser: http://ontariowinereviews.blogspot.com/2009/07/erie-shore-vineyard-2007-cabernet-1265.html ... when cutting and pasting into your browser b ...
Erie Shore Vineyard 2006 Summer Sun
Simple doesn’t have to be boring … that rule should also apply to the pinks you drink; choosing the right one can be difficult – I’m here to help. Erie Shore’s Summer Sun is probably one of their most popular wines, and that can be attributed to three th ...
Erie Shore Vineyard 2005 Riesling
Most Rieslings have a delicious sameness about them – you have your apple, pear and petrol, maybe some floral and citrus notes, and then a wonderfully delicious sweetishness on the palate. So when something comes along that’s uniquely it’s own, you reall ...
Erie Shore Vineyard 2005 Duet
Erie Shore Vineyards continues to impress me with their wonderful wines and great hospitality – I always walk out of their small wine boutique feeling like one of the family, and with the slightly pleasurable, yet guilty notion that I have tasted a secret ...
Erie Shore Vineyard 2005 Cabernet Reserve
Erie Shores is a winery that proves the old adage, “it pays to specialize.” They are a winery which concentrates their efforts on a handful of grapes from which they feel they can grow and makes very good wines; one of those grapes is my favourite: Cabe ...
Erie Shore Vineyard 2005 Cabernet .
There is a something very different about Cabernet Francs from the Lake Erie North Shore area versus those from Niagara. Niagara Franc has the green pepper factor (which I like) while Lake Erie seems to have more dark fruit characteristics minus the vege ...
Erie Shore Vineyard 2004 Summer Sun Cabernet Rose
This wine came as quite a surprise – we chilled it right down, as you should with any good rose, popped the cork, poured and … nothing. Faint smell of sweetness and very little taste - the long faces of everyone involved showed their disappointment. The ...
Erie Shore Vineyard 2003 Vidal
This is another great little semi-sweetie that tastes sweeter than it actually is. This vidal has the saving grace of having great citrus tones which pull it back from the edge of being overly sweet. Great citrus and floral nose, mild citrus on the pala ...
Equifera 2009 Riesling Icewine
There's a lot of head-scratching about the Equifera brand, but what isn't in question is the pedigree of the consultant for icewine, Donald Ziraldo, the godfather of Canadian Icewine. This sweetie is full of all things that makes icewine so decadent: hon ...
Equifera 2008 Vidal Icewine
Donald Ziraldo is at it again, this time helping the folks at Equifera to produce a delicious icewine that is sure to put them on the map. Nice sweetness to this one, a very fruit driven core of apricot and peach blended with sweet honey, but what keeps ...
EastDell Estates 2007 Riesling Icewine
More finesse than heavy-handedness is what set this Icewine apart from the others I tasted during the2009 edition of the Niagara Icewine Festival. The nose was subtle: pear and honeyed apple; but it was on the palate where this wine truly shined. Light ...
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