Rosehall Run 2024 Unoaked Chardonnay is an “entry level” Chardonnay from Rosehall Run in Prince Edward County although it is a VQA Ontario wine as opposed to VQA Prince Edward County. Wonder if the grapes were trucked in from Niagara? Aroma: Pear, apple, lemon, pineapple and some lemon meringue pie. Palate: Crisp and taut. WhileContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Rosehall Run’s 2024 Unoaked Chardonnay From Prince Edward County in Ontario, Canada”
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RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Liebling Wines’ 2022 Cabernet Franc
Liebling Wines is not a winery. It is what we call a virtual winery where those who craft wines use the premises and sometimes the expertise of an established winery permitting lower costs and perhaps more experimentation with small batch production. Liebling Wines finds its roots in 1984 when Matthias Oppenlaender arrived in Niagara, OntarioContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Liebling Wines’ 2022 Cabernet Franc”
RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: A Battersea Wines White Blend
Battersea Wines is a virtual winery operating in the Collab Wine & Beverage collective based in Ontario’s Niagara-on-the-Lake. Currently comprising 12 virtual wineries using shared production facilities and staff. Battersea Weiss is a blend of Viognier, Marsanne and Pinot Gris. Aroma: Lemon, Niagara peach, tangerine, pineapple and guava. Palate: Dry but not bone dry. ApproachesContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: A Battersea Wines White Blend”
RKS 2025 Wine: Spanish Hécula Monastrell
What the heck try some Hécula Monastrell from the Yecla region of Spain! It’s organic! Monastrell is the Spanish name for Mourvèdre. The grapes were grown at an altitude of 750 m in limestone soil. It has resided 6 months in French (80%) and American (20%) oak barrels. Aroma: Raspberry galore. Black cherry and plum.Continue reading “RKS 2025 Wine: Spanish Hécula Monastrell”
RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Is There Any Pizzazz in Magnotta’s Limited Edition PZaZZ?
Magnotta Wines presents us with an Ontario VQA red blend of Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. The wine is non-vintage with the winery website stating the wine is from “a combination of two outstanding vintages of premium red blends of which 50% is from appassimento wines.” What were the outstanding vintage years? The websiteContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Is There Any Pizzazz in Magnotta’s Limited Edition PZaZZ?”
RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: & Evermore Chardonnay: Can an Ontario “Budget” Chardonnay Deliver?
If one pauses momentarily in a wave of Canadian patriotism accentuated by Trumpian carnival barking annexation of Canada aggression and decides to buy Canadian wine one may discover Canadian wines can be pricier than many Chilean, Spanish, Argentinian and Portuguese wines. Chardonnay is no exception so with interest we try a $16 & Evermore 2023Continue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: & Evermore Chardonnay: Can an Ontario “Budget” Chardonnay Deliver?”
RKS 2025 Wine: DAC/Dão
On my last trip to Portugal’s Dão region I did not have the opportunity to visit Quinta Pellada where this wine was produced. The Dão is not so far from the Douro region but its topography is far different. Forested in places, green and almost verdant. Gigantic glacial boulders may appear in fields and exoticContinue reading “RKS 2025 Wine: DAC/Dão”
RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Featherstone’s Gemstone
As for price and quality Featherstone Estate Winery consistently delivers gems! This wine is a Cabernet Franc and Merlot blend. Aroma: Black cherry, blackberry, cocoa, raspberry, lavender and plum. Palate: Plummy with dark fruit. It is on the after palate that the fruit and tannin makes a more forceful appearance with heavy duty blackberry, friskyContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Featherstone’s Gemstone”
RKS 2025 Canadian Wine: Cooper’s Hawk Talon Red
I have been a fan of wines from the Lake Erie North Shore (LENS) appellation in Ontario for quite some time. I go back so far I remember the first wine from Cooper’s Hawk I reviewed was a Chardonnay and these guys were so new it wasn’t even VQA. Then fame crept up on LENSContinue reading “RKS 2025 Canadian Wine: Cooper’s Hawk Talon Red”
RKS 2025 Wine: Corvina Obtains Divorce from Valpolicella Partners
The Corvina grape has been cuddling very close to Valpolicella for many years. Corvina is frequently blended with Rondinella and Molinara to make the whole of Valpolicella. But on occasion it must have a tiff with its blending partners and in a huff divorces itself from the other grapes and strikes its own path solo.Continue reading “RKS 2025 Wine: Corvina Obtains Divorce from Valpolicella Partners”
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