River Stone wines
River Stone Merlot 2020 (River Rock Vineyard, Oliver, Okanagan Valley)
Deep ruby in colour; cedary, spicy, savoury nose of blueberries; medium-bodied, dry, minty, plum flavour carried on lively acidity. (89)
River Stone Stone’s Throw 2020 (River Rock Vineyard, Oliver, Okanagan Valley)
73% Merlot, 11% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Malbec, 4% Petit Verdot. Deep ruby-purple; cedary, spicy, black fruit nose; medium to full-bodied, dry, St. Emilion-style; firmly structured, well-integrated oak, richly textured black fruit flavours. (92)
River Stone Corner Stone 2020 (River Rock Vineyard, Oliver, Okanagan Valley)
36% Merlot, 29% Cabernet Franc, 17% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Malbec, 6% Petit Verdot – all five Bordeaux varieties. Deep purple in colour; cedary, vanilla, blackcurrant with a note of pepper and oak spice; medium-bodied, dry, savoury, blackcurrant and dark chocolate flavours carried on fresh acidity. Well-integrated oak, lovely mouth feel. (92)
River Stone Malbec 2022 (River Rock Vineyard, Red Brick Vineyard, Oliver, Okanagan Valley)
Deep purple in colour; spicy, black fruit nose with vanilla notes; medium to full-bodied, dry, savoury, black plum flavour; well balanced, firmly structured, ending on ripe tannins. (90)
Tuesday, September 10th: Visited the Lambton Park Community School to present a cheque as a donation to the Sistema Toronto After School Music program on behalf of Grapes for Humanity.
Liz Gallery and Cathy Martin, directors of Grapes for Humanity, with the donation cheque
Saturday, September 14th: Drove into Toronto with Deborah for a dinner at the home of Bessie and Rod to celebrate our mutual anniversary. A great dinner with much wine taken. Happily, we could stay overnight.
Aperitif wine for Saturday’s dinner
Port for the cheese and fresh Greek figs
Sunday, September 15th: Dinner at Phil & Meg’s. I brought along a bottle of Villa Mongalli Calicanto Trebbiano Spoletino 2018 from Umbria (which I had purchased at L’Achimista Ristorante in Montefalco in 2019). Phil barbecued veal and venison. We drank Phil’s Kew Vineyards Pinot Noir 2014.
My contribution to Sunday’s dinner
Phil’s Pinot Noir
Other wines tasted: Clos du Soleil Signature 2019 (Similkameen Valley, BC) Deep ruby in colour; cedary, vanilla, blackcurrant bouquet; medium-bodied, dry, savoury, herbal, blackberry and plum flavours carried on lively acidity. (90)
