RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: What’s My Reflection on Looking Glass?

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What is my reflection on Niagara’s Rosewood’s 2021 Looking Glass?

A blend of 68% Cabernet Franc, 28% Cabernet Sauvignon and 4% Petit Verdot. The wines rested in neutral French oak for 15 months prior to bottling.

Aroma: Black cherry, raspberry, red currant and milk chocolate.

Palate: Strict, stern and dry. Moderate tannins. Razor thin fruit. Raspberry and red cherry  with a smattering of date and fig. Tart. Subtle and highly discrete like a package of Viagra delivered to your door in an unmarked box.

Personality: Yes I admit I am secretive. There are a few expressive and loudmouthed wines in Beamsville but rest assured I am not one of them. I am not one of those mass crowd pleasers.

Food Match: Beet salad with walnuts and feta.

Cellarbility: Consume in 2025. No sense in ageing.

Price: $30 CDN.

RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine Rating: 88/100. Tony Aspler 91.

(Looking Glass 2021, Rosewood Winery, VQA Niagara Peninsula, Beamsville, Ontario, 750 mL,11.6%).

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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