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Colchester Ridge 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon
Last year, when Colchester opened for business, they had two whites and a red on the shelf. The red was excellent and showed signs of what was to come from this winery. 2005 has brought about more reds from the crew at CREW and one of the better ones was this Cabernet Sauvignon. The nose is rich in smells like chocolate, cherries, cranberries, nutmeg and hints of oak (where it spent 10 months maturing). The palate is cherries and cranberries with nutmeg, vanilla and cinnamon, which flow smoothly through the mouth. I’d say this wine’s good for another 3 years … but why wait.
2005
Red
Cabernet Sauvignon
0
$19.95
Canada
Ontario
Lake Erie North Shore
at the winery
http://www.colchesterridge.com
2011-06-19
(Re-Tasted August 2011) ... Since I am going to the Lake Erie North Shore on the weekend to give a talk about one of my favourite Ontario grapes, Cabernet Franc, at their annual Vintage tasting (Sunday August 7) - I thought it only right to re-taste a wine from the region. I have two sitting in my current Taste it Again box, one from Colchester Ridge and another from Sprucewood, both wineries will definitely be in attendance at the event ... but in this case Colchester has home field advantage as it is there were the event will be taking place, so I plucked that one out of the case for a re-taste. Smell was a little funky and vegetal which made me believe I was going to have a problem but I am always willing to give a bottle a second or third chance so I swirled and sniffed again with much the same result. I decided to take a sip and see how the palate had fared, and I was pleasantly surprised. First thing I noticed was the acidity was quite pronounced, which helped to bring the wines flavours out, they thankfully did not match the nose. Yes there seemed to be a lot of wooden character along with cassis and spice notes which begin to emerge the longer the wine remained open - but I would say this wine is on it's downward spiral so drink now but let stand open about an hour before diving right in.

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