RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Getting to Trust Ontario Merlot!

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My past few attempts at Ontario Merlot are beginning to reverse my previous distrusting view of that grape in Ontario. Can this positivity be buttressed by a Niagara Southbrook triomphe merlot?

Aroma: Blackberry, blueberry, root beer and milk chocolate.

Palate: A solid bruiser with more than ample force and character. Pure and clean as Southbrook wines tend to be. Melded raspberry and blackberry. Long tightly wound finish. Lone Ranger disguised oak

Personality: Some oaked Merlots, often encountered in Washington State are softened making them immediately approachable. I am not that type of Merlot. I require food.

Food Match: Marbled grilled beef.

Cellarbility: Will take to ageing like a fish to water. Will swim into 2028.

Price: $ 24.80 CDN.

RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine Rating: 92/100. Carl’s Wine Club 91.

(Southbrook Organic 2019 triomphe merlot, VQA Niagara Peninsula, Southbrook Vineyards, Niagara-on-the-Lake, 750 mL, 12.6%)

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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