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Muscedere Vineyards 2011 Riesling
Riesling might be a staple in Niagara, but it doesn’t have the same kind of cache in the Lake Erie region … they know they have warmer temps and therefore they take advantage of it with more red varieties. But on occasion there comes along a hearty soul ...
Muscedere Vineyards 2011 Cabernet Franc
The boys of Muscedere continue to impress vintage after vintage - they made up part of the new wave of wineries that entered the region in the mid-2000's, and while they have made very good white wines their specialty seems to be coaxing the best out of t ...
Muscedere Vineyards 2010 Syrah
I have to hand it to the folks at Muscedere, in a year in which they could have gotten away with calling this wine Shiraz they stuck with their roots and called it Syrah. On the nose this is currently a one hit peppery number, but it’s on the palate wher ...
Muscedere Vineyards 2010 Meritage
A mainly Merlot (65%) based Meritage blend with Cabernet Sauvignon taking the next spot at 25% and Franc bringing up the rear (10%). The wine spent 14 months in 4 oak barrels, 2 of which were new. This wine proved to be very fruit driven: on the nose bl ...
Muscedere Vineyards 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon
During the 2010 growing season a former Niagara Grape King told me, “If there were any grape I’d make wine from this year it would be Cabernet Sauvignon.” He confidently said that it was a perfect year for the hard to ripen variety, and in Ontario we get ...
Muscedere Vineyards 2010 Cabernet Franc
The boys at Muscedere continue to impress with the wines they're making. Their 2010 version of Cabernet Franc is just what the doctor ordered with its aromas of black cherry and tobacco ... on the palate there's a slight smokiness with cassis, blackberry ...
Muscedere Vineyards 2009 Pinot Noir
There are a few grapes that you don't hear much about when discussing the Lake Erie North Shore, Pinot Noir is one of them ... that's because the folks in the LENS know that Pinot needs a cool climate, and even though they are in The Great White North of ...
Muscedere Vineyards 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon
In theory, the Lake Erie North Shore should make better reds in vintages like 2009, which, in Niagara anyway, was lean for the more robust Cabernet Sauvignon and grapes that need more heat and hang time. The nose on this Cab is black cherry dominant with ...
Muscedere Vineyards 2008 Meritage
I bumped into an acquaintance on the way into the tasting and he mentioned that the Muscedere Syrah was the best wine of the day ... makes me wonder if he even bothered to taste their Meritage. This is truly an impressive wine and very limited (85 cases) ...
Muscedere Vineyards 2008 Cabernet Franc
If there's one winery in the Lake Erie North Shore that should have cult-like following I'd be willing to toss my hat into the ring for Muscedere. Brothers Rob and Fabio seem to like making small batch wines with cult like price and appeal ... and each h ...
Muscedere Vineyards 2007 Rosé
To many, rosé is the equivalent of white Zinfandel – sweet, candied fruit smells and flavours. And while white Zinfandel has its place, that is not what rosé is all about. Take the Muscedere version, “it’s more European in style,” I am told by Rob, wine ...
Muscedere Vineyards 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon
First time the boys at Muscedere have worked with the king of reds, and what a debut. Made from grapes taken from 3-year old vines, cropped down to 10 clusters per vine or one ton per acre. This wine is big in the fruit forward department, lots of cherr ...
Muscedere Vineyards 2006 Pinot Noir
Currently their most expensive bottle of red wine, but it’s worth every penny. The boys of Muscedere beat the on-coming rains of fall 2006 by one day, picking their Pinot on September 7 … “the next day was forecasted for rain,” Rob told me, “we didn’t kn ...
Muscedere Vineyards 2006 Cabernet Franc
Here’s a delicious Cabernet Franc made for sipping right now. The boys at Muscedere used to make an oaked and unoaked version of the grape - but they’ve settled on something in the middle, and it really works. 8 months in a mix of new and used French oa ...
Muscedere Vineyards 2005 Canadian Oaked Chardonnay
Of late I have been talking to winemakers who are having dalliances with a variety of wood – that might sound dirty but what I’m talking about is oak. Hungarian seems to be popular, “Eastern European” is another popular answer and Bulgarian is starting t ...
Muscedere Vineyards 2004 Cabernet Franc Reserve
Here’s where the effects of ageing in oak can really be seen (and tasted of course). Where the unoaked version was more fruit, this version is woody, tannic and with more spices mixed in with the fruit. There’s the typical green pepper found in many Ont ...
Muscedere Vineyards 2004 Cabernet Franc (unfiltered)
I’m noticing these days that winery’s are taking a chance and experimenting with Cabernet Franc, like they’ve been experimenting with Gamay (regular readers of my newsletter know Gamay is usually light and fruity, but I have been applauding the wineries t ...
Mountain Road 2005 Unoaked Chardonnay
02/26/2008 - Weekly Wine Note and Podcast … For full review copy and paste the following link into your browser: http://ontariowinereviews.blogspot.com/2008/02/mountain-road-wine-company-2005-unoaked.html
Mountain Road 2004 Botrytis Affected Riesling
Here’s a wine you’d usually find in the dessert wines catagory with sweetness levels that can top out around 14 –16. It is usually found in half-bottles, and with a label that says “Select Late Harvest”. Mountain Road has designed this little sweetie on ...
Mountain Road 2003 Special Select Late Harvest Vidal
Many moons ago (back in 2004) Steve Kocsis, winemaker and owner of Mountain Road, made a wine of epic proportion and a pricing error of the same size. He produced a Botrytis Affected Riesling that was to die for, bottled it in 750ml bottles and sold it f ...
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