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Bachelder 2023 Release Tasting
Bachelder Bator Vieilles Vignes/Old Vines Pinot Noir 2023 (Four Mile Creek; $55) Raspberry bouquet with a top note of violets; medium-bodied, dry, savoury cherry flavour, carried on lively acidity; firmly structured with evident but ripe tannins. (90) Bachelder Lowrey Vineyard … Continue reading
A Wine Lover’s Diary, part 980: Pentâge & Marynissen Meritage and Bubbles
Pentâge Winery Roussanne Marsanne Viognier 2019 (Skaha Bench) A blend of 50% Roussanne, 30% Marsanne, 20% Viognier. Bright, straw colour; minerally, peach bouquet with a light floral note and oak spice notes; full-bodied, dry, richly extracted, peach, pear, pineapple and … Continue reading
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A Wine Lover’s Diary, part 973: Bachelder’s 2023 Gamays
Tuesday, April 29th: Thomas Bachelder invited me down to the Bat Cave to taste his 2023 single vineyard Gamays – 11 of them. Plus a couple of Villages wines. Bachelder Kirby Gamay Noir 2023 (Four Mile Creek, $29) Ruby colour; … Continue reading
A Wine Lover’s Diary, part 964: Bachelder’s La Toussaint Release 2024
Sunday, February 23rd: Dinner at John Nadeau’s – aperitif wine with charcuterie, Terradora Dipaolo Greco di Tufo 2016 and with the pork chop, Southbrook Chardonnay Laundry Vineyard 2021. Tuesday, February 25th: Thomas Bachelder came over to the house with 19 … Continue reading
A Wine Lover’s Diary, part 923: Bachelder Gamay 2022 Tasting
Saturday, April 13th: Bill Redelmeier of Southbrook invited Deborah and me to a blind of Right Bank Bordeaux reds against two of his wines. All from the 2020 vintage.
