RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Leaning Post Cuvée Winona

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There are glitzy and glorious wineries in Niagara, Ontario looking more akin to castles and grand estates than a down-home winery where wine is the only show in town and no $36 truffle pizza is available. Leaning Post is one of those down-home wineries where great wine is about the only game going on.

We try a Cuvée Winona Red which is a blend of Merlot (61%) and Cabernet Franc (39%). Rested in French oak barrels for 18 months. Unfiltered. 620 cases produced.

Aroma: Bright red cherry, raspberry, blackberry, red currant and milk chocolate.

Palate: Grippy tannins. Firm and cloistered fruit requiring decanting and preferably another year in the bottle to relax. Black currant, blackberry with a thin wisp of raspberry jam. Short austere finish.

Personality: I am from a non pretentious winery where the effort is expended on the wine as opposed to the show. I am simply good and solid not flashy and quickly forgettable.

Food Match:  Baked cod in a rich tomato sauce with roast potatoes and a Greek Salad on the side.

Cellarbility: Will really click in 2026 but don’t go beyond that point.

Price: $29 CDN.

RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine Rating: 90/100. Rick VanSickle 91.

(Cuvée Winona 2020, VQA Niagara Peninsula, Leaning Post Wines, Stoney Creek, 750 mL, 14%).

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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