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Inniskillin Pinot Noir Niagara Peninsula 2018, Canada

16 Monday Mar 2020

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$14, 3 stars, 89 points, canada, niagara peninsula, pinot noir


I drank an Inniskillin Pinot last summer that blew my socks off.  I wanted to find it again on a recent trip to Montreal.  This was the best the shop had.  See through, medium purple.  Strawberry ganache and cherry on the nose.  The palate- I get sour cherry, charcoal and earthiness.  The mid palate is focused, cherry and rhubarb.  On the finish it’s rather short but tannins emerge to round it out.  89 points and a little underwhelming considering the hype I built over the other bottle.  $14 makes it a 3 star effort to drink till 2026.  Salut….

PS. Stock photo as I forgot to take one

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Inniskillin Winemaker’s Series Montague Estate Vineyards Pinot Noir 2017, Niagara Peninsula, Canada

04 Sunday Aug 2019

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$30, 5 stars, 93 points, canada, niagara peninsula, pinot noir


Moxie and I took our son- Jett, to Lake Placid this past week.  He’s a competitive Ice Dancer and was representing Team USA in the Novice North American Cup.  We have been up here several years in a row and always vow to continue northward to visit Montreal after the competition.  This year, armed with fresh passports, we took the 87 mile ride up into foreign lands to visit, albeit briefly, Canada.  It was a great seguey and we stayed right by Old Montreal, which is beautiful.  Our dinner was at a great Bistro, where I asked for and got a delicious Canadian Pinot Noir.

Red and see-through with long legs showing in the glass.  On the nose I get bright cherry, strawberry coulis, cedar and nutmeg.  On the palate it has some really delicious cherry extract, rhubarb, a smokiness as well as mocha.  The acidity of this Pinot is on pointe- the mouthfeel is gorgeous.  There are some sly tannins lurking in the background that give just a touch of dryness.  The mid palate and finish are equally tasty, fleshy yet still delicate a’ la Pinot style.  This is new world yet has such a restrained approach- I’m loving it.  92 maybe 93 points.  I’m pairing it with Escargot, followed by duck breast.  Drink till 2030.  $30 makes this a bargain for Pinot of this quality, 5 stars.  Salut….

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Kittling Ridge Icewine/Brandy

30 Monday Jan 2012

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A gift from my Canadian cousin, I opened this bottle after dinner the other night.  I am a huge fan of white dessert wines: Sauternes, Late Harvest, Icewine, all of ’em. Except this one.  I could make out the telltale signs of “sticky” wine, apricot on the nose and the unctuous texture, but it was totally overshadowed by the addition of Brandy.  Not sure what the point is, but it detracted the essence of Icewine for me.  BTW, in case you didn’t know it, this style of wine is made from healthy grapes that have been left to freeze on the vine before being pressed.  The resultant juice is more concentrated and higher in sugars.  It tends to be expensive, and hails mainly from Canada and Germany.

I honestly cannot pass comments on this wine as the style is not to my choosing.

kittling ridge

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Stoney Ridge ’06

03 Saturday Dec 2011

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A Reserve Cabernet Franc from Canada given to me by my cousin.  Not wanting to “look the gift-horse in the mouth”, I can’t help it.  I love Cab Franc and look forward to tasting as much of it as possible.  This bottle had little to offer in the Franc arena, very light, with little nose and no backbone.  I was wondering what their regular bottling was like, cause this one gets 2 stars and 83 points.  Sorry guys, there is nothing interesting here, no mid-palate, little acidity, where did the tannins go?  It’s only 5 years old, reserve’s are supposedly the best you have to offer and Franc is known to have some stuffing.  Major pass….  Sorry cuz.

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