RKS 2024 Wine: “Gravity” Pinot Noir from Flat Rock Cellars: A Tough Guy from Niagara

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Aroma: This nose detects Pinot Noir with certainty! Delicate and finely chiseled Keith Morrison? Tough and certain like Rosemary Barton? What is term here? Rough? Gruff? Muscular? Bold? Rich? Super ripe Niagara raspberry, blackberry, black cherry, kirsch and chocolate pudding.

Palate: Full bodied with an accompanying fulsomeness. A burly Pinot Noir I would say. Blustery Blackberry and just when you are enjoying a long finish a thin line of acidity gently settles in.

Personality: Almost a “Bench bully”.

Food Match: Caramelized Fennel served with grilled flank steak a la simple.

Cellarbility: Age will soften this wine but I wouldn’t jump the fence after 2027.

Price: $40 CDN.

RKS 2024 Wine Rating: 91/100. 2023 Decanter World Wine Awards 91.

(Flat Rock Cellars 2020 Gravity Pinot Noir, VQA Twenty Mile Bench, Flat Rock Cellars Inc., Jordan, Ontario, 750 mL, 13.5%).

Published by Robert K Stephen (CSW)

Robert K Stephen writes about food ,drink, travel, film, and lifestyle issues. He also has published serialized novels "Life at Megacorp", "Virus # 26, "Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog" and "The Penniless Pensioner" Robert was the first associate member of the Wine Writers’ Circle of Canada. He also holds a Mindfulness Certification from the University of Leiden and the University of Toronto. Be it Spanish cured meat, dried fruit, BBQ, or recycled bamboo place mats, Robert endeavours to escape the mundane, which is why he has established this publication. His motto is, "Have Story, Will Write."

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