From France we try a Lavau Rasteau. If it had been a Jamaican wine it would have been called “Rasteau Man Vibrations”! Rasteau is a Southern Rhône variation and principally made with Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre. In this case 50% each of Syrah and Grenache. Aroma: Well contained aroma of blackberry, black raspberry, blueberry inContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: Rasteau Man Vibrations!”
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RKS 2024 Wine: Izadi 2019 Reserva Rioja
100% Tempranillo. Aroma: Warm and effusive black cherry and lots of it! Secondary notes of blackberry. Tertiary notes of milk chocolate. Palate: Cherry, blackberry with some raspberry and black licorice. Some chalky tannins. Full mouth feel. Easy drinking but a wee bit hot. Too bad the alcohol is up at 14%. Personality: I am aContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: Izadi 2019 Reserva Rioja”
RKS 2024 Wine: Featherstone’s Canadian Cabernet Franc
Not willing to speak in absolutes but chances are a Cabernet Franc from Ontario seldom steers you off the cliff but don’t let me be your GPS on this! We try a Featherstone 2020 Cabernet Franc from Ontario’s Niagara region. 2129 cases mean an ample supply for domestic consumption.5% Merlot in the blend. Aged inContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: Featherstone’s Canadian Cabernet Franc”
RKS 2024 Wine: An Argentinian Red Blend from the End of the World
Odds are if you are at the end of the world conditions could be such one cares more about surviving than drinking an excellent wine? I have been to the end of the world in Portugal but not in Argentinian Patagonia. In a fancy, possibly gimmicky and monstrously heavy bottle, we have a blend ofContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: An Argentinian Red Blend from the End of the World”
RKS 2024 Wine: The Cheapest Quality Bubby in Town?
Most likely a toss up between Prosecco and Cava. We try a Cornaro Prosecco DOC Treviso. Prosecco is more often platinum in colour as this Prosecco is. Aroma: Lime, lemon and marzipan. Palate: A cleansing wave of acidity. Almond, peach, banana split and sweet white grapefruit. Personality: Although I am simply the best on aContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: The Cheapest Quality Bubby in Town?”
RKS 2024 Wine: Featherstone 2023 Rosé from Niagara Peninsula
Always excellent. Drinkable all year round straight up or with food. Time to try their 2023 vintage. A blend of Gamay, Cabernet Franc and Pinot Noir. Aroma: Fully ripe raspberry, strawberry and Thames River Farms sugar babe watermelon. This rosé is what you might call fruit expressive! Palate: Smooth with some raspiness on the backContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: Featherstone 2023 Rosé from Niagara Peninsula”
RKS 2024 Wine: German Pinot Noir: Attractive Price But Quality?
At $21 the 2021 Ruppertsberger Imperial Pinot Noir Trocken is at an attractive price but its quality? Aroma: No doubt this is a Pinot Noir or as they say in Germany Spätburgunder! Raspberry, cherry and a tad of strawberry jam. Palate: A jolt of kirsch mixes it up with raspberry. The fruit is a bitContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: German Pinot Noir: Attractive Price But Quality?”
RKS 2024 Wine: Jean-Maurice Raffault Chinon from the Loire
Ontario is a province in Canada producing excellent Cabernet Franc in Niagara, Lake Erie North Shore and Prince Edward County so theoretically there is no need to look to Chinon in the Loire for good Cabernet Franc but to escape being labelled as unadventurous one may wish to try a French version of Cabernet FrancContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: Jean-Maurice Raffault Chinon from the Loire “
RKS 2024 Wine: Encruzado to the Rescue?
So many Portuguese white wines have a functional element of suitability with food and their thinness and acidity making many of them a superb match with seafood a commodity which Portuguese menus are rarely lacking. Rabigato, Viosinho and Arinto do not exactly make stellar sipping wines. I had the privilege of visiting the Dâo wineContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: Encruzado to the Rescue?”
RKS 2024 Wine: Caught in the New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc Groove (or trap?)
Many wine drinkers hear “Sauvignon Blanc” and their mind races to New Zealand. Whether the Sauvignon Blanc fad has faded is not apparent but what is apparent New Zealand is enjoying the ride on its tail and why not! Of course, or maybe not of course, you are aware Bordeaux produces some Sauvignon Blanc ofContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: Caught in the New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc Groove (or trap?)”
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