Aroma: Blackberry, black cherry, raspberry with a pinch of strawberry jam. Very tight and high perimeter security encompass the fruit. A young wine with potential. Very clean and pristine.
Palate: Broad and assertive tannins. Tight and secretive as the wine has not even reached puberty. Raw power.
Cellarbility: I would boldly go where many a wine critic has gone before and say don’t bother to consume before 2027. I think this will mature nicely through to 2030 and hold nicely into 2033.
Personality: Not to be confused with “Uncle Buck” and Canada’s beloved John Candy I am a young buck with plenty of potential.
Food Pairing: At this youthful stage pair with grilled beef with chimichurri sauce and a red onion salad.
Price: $25 CDN.
RKS 2026 ONTARIO WINE Rating: I can only put myself out on a predictive limb as it would be “unfair” to rate what is in my glass now. Instead, I will be the genie in the bottle and wish forward a few years to rate this as a “probable” 94/100. Given my tasting history with Cave Spring wines I feel confident with this rating.
(Cave Spring 2024 Estate Grown Cabernet Franc, VQA Beamsville Bench, Cave Spring Vineyard, Jordan, Ontario, 750 mL., 14%).
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