RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: A Pinot Noir from Prince Edward County

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We try a 2020 Redtail Pinot Noir from Hubbs Creek Vineyard from Prince Edward County, Ontario aka The County.

Hubbs Creek Vineyard is a small family-owned vineyard planted over 15 years ago in the small town of Hillier, Ontario. The Pinot Noir was aged in Burgundian oak for 18 months.

Aroma: Strawberry, raspberry, red cherry and a sliver of milk chocolate.

Palate: Brick orange on the edges indicates some age. Lightly tannic giving some traction and a moniker of rough elegance. Not effusive with its fruit though. A bit tart. Short finish.

Personality: I like to describe myself as having a rough elegance perhaps the roughness imparted by the stony and calcareous soil lying on a fragmented limestone bedrock.

Food Match: Mushroom Bourguignon.

Cellarbility: Drink by 2027-year end.

Price: $27 CDN.

RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine Rating: 90/100. Sara d’Amato 91.

(Redtail 2020 Hubbs Creek Vineyard Pinot Noir, VQA Prince Edward County, Redtail Vineyards Consecon, Ontario, 750 mL, 12.2%).

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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