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2010
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Category: On the Road with the Grape Guy
Red Wine: Inniskillin 2007 Reserve Series Cabernet Franc
Limited Edition Red: Niagara College Teaching Winery 2007 Dean’s List Pinot Noir Canadian Oak Project
White Wine: Flat Rock Cellars 2007 Reserve Chardonnay
Limited Edition White: Creekside Estate Winery 2008 Reserve Viognier
General List Red: Jackson-Triggs Niagara 2007 Proprietors’ Reserve Meritage
General List White: Creekside Estate Winery 2008 Pinot Grigio
Sparkling Wine: Hillebrand NV Trius Rosé Brut and Maleta Estate 2007 VIEW Old Vines Dry Sparkling Riesling
Sweet Wine: Konzelmann Estate 2007 Vidal Icewine
Limited Edition Sweet Wine: Mountain Road Wine Company 2004 Vidal Icewine
Meritage: Thirty Bench Wine Makers 2007 Small Lot Benchmark Red
Cabernet Sauvignon: Kacaba Vineyards 2007 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet Franc: Inniskillin 2007 Reserve Series Cabernet Franc
Merlot: Peller Estates 2007 Signature Series Merlot
Syrah/Shiraz: Fielding Estate 2007 Syrah and Jackson-Triggs Niagara 2007 Proprietors’ Grand Reserve Syrah
Red Assemblage: Wayne Gretzky Estates 2007 Estate Series Shiraz Cabernet
Riesling: Thirty Bench Wine Makers 2008 Small Lot Riesling “Steel Post Vineyard”
Sauvignon Blanc: Creekside Estate Winery 2007 Reserve Sauvignon Blanc
Chardonnay: Flat Rock Cellars 2007 Reserve Chardonnay
White Assemblage: Legends Estates 2008 Diva (Semillon-Sauvignon Blanc)
Gewurztraminer: Rosewood Estates 2008 Gewurztraminer
Viognier: Creekside Estate 2008 Reserve
Pinot Noir: Tawse Winery 2007 17th Street Pinot Noir
Gamay Noir: 13th Street Winery 2007 Sandstone Vineyard Old Vines Gamay Noir
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11
Feb
2010
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This afternoon I had the pleasure of meeting up with Eleanor Cosman of Bokke Wines at the Monkey Bar (3353 Yonge Street) for a tasting of a few wines she is thinking of bringing into Ontario. Knowing Eleanor’s specialty I would have assumed we would be trying South African wines, but instead she lured me into the invite with something even more intriguing, Spanish wines, a wine region she does not currently have in her portfolio and a void she is looking to fill.
She kicked off the tasting with a Cava (Spanish sparkling) that was absolutely to die for, La Cruss Et D’or Brut Reserva – non-vintage Premium Limited Edition. The wine had fruity smells of fresh lemon and citrus along with sweet apple and a lovely finish – crisp, toasty and bready through the mid-palate ending with crisp mac apple squeezed with a hint of lemon on the finish (****½). She had yet to find out the price, but this will be a killer buy if it comes to our shores between $12 and $15 … though the words “Premium Limited Edition” scare me.
After such an illustrious start I would have to say it would have been hard to top it, and as expected the next four wines (all reds) did not measure up to that incredible starter. The best of which was a Bernat Oller 2006 Merlot with its violets, black and red fruit mix along with a touch of vanilla – it was a nice Merlot, and kind of a curiosity because you don’t see a lot of straight Merlot from Spain – but this one won’t set the world on fire, especially at it’s price (somewhere north of $25). I looked over at my glass of Cava, which was still happily bubbling away; I washed the reds down with what was left in the glass, still tasty.
I put my coat on ready to leave when Eleanor brought out a surprise wine ... (to find out about an incredible Pinotage, click here)
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