RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Playing a Tricky Game with a Petrichor 2022 Cabernet Merlot

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While developing a guarded respect for Ontario Merlot when carefully oaked, Ontario Cabernet Sauvignon rarely pleases. Blend the two together with some Cabernet Franc and you may be playing a risky game condemned to a wine dulled by neutrality and loss of identity.

Aroma: Black cherry, blackberry, blueberry and blackcurrant in a smoky envelope.

Palate: Moderate tannins with a hint of sweetness. Bits of black currant, blackberry with a certain dampness. Just beyond a short finish with some blackball candy to it.

Personality: No risk here RKS Wine. I have character. I have fruit. I have structure. I have an identity.

Food Match: Pasta with Putanesca sauce.

Cellarbility: Drink in 2025.

Price: $15.60.

RKS 2025 Canadian Wine Rating: 87/100. Wine Align 87.

(Petrichor 2022 Cabernet Merlot, VQA Niagara Peninsula, Artisan Wine Co., 750 mL, 13%).

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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