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Stratus 2008 Stratus Red
It’s hard to come up with a wine to follow the massive 2007 Red, which was a winner on so many levels, but winemaker J.L Groux has been at this a long time, and does not get daunted by sub-par vintages … he realizes that the blend can make things better – ...
Stratus 2008 Red Icewine
Stratus uses a blend of their red grapes to create this icewine, and the blend changes every year, but if you consider the grapes they grow includes Gamay, Syrah, Malbec, Petit Verdot as well as the Cabernets Sauvignon and Franc and Merlot, you have a goo ...
Stratus 2008 Cabernet Franc
To look at JL Groux you’d think you were witnessing a mad scientist hard at work, instead of one of Niagara’s most accomplished winemakers … and in some cases you might be right. Here’s a guy who lets his Cabernet Franc vines hang till late November. 20 ...
Stratus 2007 WildAss Red
03/02/2010 - Weekly Wine Note and Podcast … For full review copy and paste the following link into your browser: http://ontariowinereview.com/wine-notes/582-stratus-2007-wildass-red- ... when cutting and pasting into your browser be sure to remove the ...
Stratus 2007 Stratus Red
Before all other wines are made at Stratus this is the wine they focus on first and foremost, so says winemaker JL Groux – (stamped it, no erasies). About this wine JL has two things to say: 1) “I am confident that this is a great wine.”; and 2) “this is ...
Stratus 2007 Riesling
Stratus doesn't grow their own Riesling for this bottling, it's actually Beamsville Bench fruit, but winemaker J.L. Groux has done a marvelous job with it. A melon infused nose with lemon freshness and a touch of mandarin orange in the background. The t ...
Stratus 2007 Red Icewine
A blend of Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Syrah that has a striking nose of strawberry, raspberry, and cherry with a hint of rhubarb pie. It’s full-on red fruit bowl in the mouth - so delectable and luscious you won't be able to stop sipping. I ...
Stratus 2007 Merlot
Made from the oldest block of Merlot on the property, which is up to 20 years of age. The wine is the 3 S’s: soft, supple and seductive. The nose is full of lovely red fruit, along with blueberry and chocolate. On the palate you’ll get silky tannins, g ...
Stratus 2007 Chardonnay
This is a pretty big Chardonnay at 14% alcohol, but what do you expect from a wine made from grapes harvested in the vintage-of-the-decade in Ontario. But that alcohol can be a bit of a ruse, you’d expect something heavy with a boozy effect on the palate ...
Stratus 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon
There is lots and lots of lovely red and black fruit in this wine, both on the nose and palate – and that’s not all, it has plenty of friends backing it up. Tannins, spice, acidity and that’s just for starters on the palate. You’ll also find smoky, coco ...
Stratus 2007 Cabernet Franc
Stratus is known for their assemblage method of winemaker. What that means is they assemble the wines from different components to make the best wines possible – the French have been doing it for years, not just in Bordeaux but also in the south of Franc ...
Stratus 2006 Wildass Rosé
Most great wineries of the world have a second label where they put those grapes that didn’t make it through the barrel selection process. “Wildass” is Stratus’ way of taking that to a whole new level – no “proper” winery would have a name that far off-b ...
Stratus 2006 Wildass Red
Most big French houses (producers) have a “second label”, wine that delivers a little less than their main label but is usually decent value and offers up a taste of what the big gun would be like (if you chose to afford it). 2006 was not the greatest of ...
Stratus 2006 Riesling Icewine
Another delicious Icewine from the assemblage master, J.L. Groux, but this time his blending technique has nothing to do with this wine, it's pure frozen Riesling. A nose loaded with dried pears dipped in caramel, while in the mouth there's pineapple and ...
Stratus 2006 Red Icewine
12/11/2007 - Weekly Wine Note and Podcast … For full review copy and paste the following link into your browser: http://ontariowinereviews.blogspot.com/2007/12/stratus-2006-red-icewine-3900.html
Stratus 2006 Gewurztraminer
Originally, this wine was destined for the white blend, but it seemed to develop so much unique character that when it came time to dump it in with the others winemaker J.L. Groux just couldn’t bring himself to do it. Good thing too or we’d have all been ...
Stratus 2005 WildAss White
Wildass is the second label for Stratus winery. For a winery like Stratus second label wines are those that just didn’t make the final blending cut. They went through the same barrel aging and meticulous work in the vineyard – just when all was tasted a ...
Stratus 2005 WildAss Red
Rumour has it that because of the short crop in ’05 and the great growing season that went along with it – Stratus made very little of their second label red; but what they did make ended up being snapped up by the LCBO, so the only place you can pick up ...
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