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A Wine Lover’s Diary, part 831: Light Tasting Week but Serious Wines
CVNE Imperial Reserva 2016 (Rioja, $39.95, Vintages #424390) Dense purple in colour; spicy, coconut, strawberry nose with a cedary, lead pencil note; medium-bodied, dry, strawberry and plum flavours with lively acidity and well-integrated oak. (90)
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A Wine Lover’s Diary, part 802: The Foreign Affair, Stratus and a Bunch of Other Wines
On Canada Day I had a zoom tasting with Rene Van Ede, the new winemaker for The Foreign Affair, a Niagara winery that specializes in appassimento and ripasso wines. Rene, who has made wines at Flat Rock Cellars, Tawse and … Continue reading
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Tagged Buena Vista, Champagne Pommery, CVNE, Domaine L’Ostal, Ferraton, Gold Hill, Maculan, Malivoire, Stratus, Thalia, The Foreign Affair, Zonte’s Footsteps
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A Wine Lover’s Diary, part 792: Flat Rock Wines and Other Delights
Flat Rock The Rusty Shed Chardonnay 2019 (Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara, $32.95, LCBO #1552, winery exclusive) Golden straw in colour; toasty, spicy, frilled peach nose, slightly reductive; medium to full-bodied, dry, richly extracted peach and lemon flavours tinged with oak … Continue reading
