4/13/2024 - VinnieVeritas Likes this wine:

At first pour, the bouquet bursts from the glass. Rich, structured, with smooth, firm tannins.

12/1/2023 - VinnieVeritas wrote:

Drinking well now; tannins fully integrated, quite approachable.

8/12/2023 - VinnieVeritas wrote:

Still going strong!

7/1/2023 - VinnieVeritas wrote:

Drinking about perfectly. Lovely integrated tannins. Fruit and secondary aromatics in complete balance. Exquisite with a 40 day dry aged Prime grade ribeye.

12/26/2022 - VinnieVeritas wrote:

Still youthful. Decanted 24 hours. Smoothly silky texture, lingering finish.

12/25/2022 - VinnieVeritas wrote:

Drink up, now fading.

11/21/2022 - VinnieVeritas wrote:

Needed some time to breathe. A sharp vein of acidity through it that balanced the tomato sauce. Tannins still firm, will hold.

8/28/2022 - VinnieVeritas wrote:

Just lovely. Lingering notes of pear, dried apricot and all kinds of other things. With a bit of air some lovely Riesling petrol notes also developed

6/11/2022 - VinnieVeritas Likes this wine:

Quite lovely. Good fruit, texture is smooth but finishes with firm tannin and supporting acid. Lovely with a rib steak.

2/4/2022 - VinnieVeritas wrote:

I liked it. Good structure & fruit, not too alcoholic.

12/28/2021 - VinnieVeritas wrote:

Decanted for an hour, consumed over 2 more hours. This bottle still had a youthful element to its appearance, no garnet showing. It might have been expectation of something great. Nothing wrong with it, just no wow factor.

10/24/2021 - VinnieVeritas wrote:

Still going strong.

10/24/2021 - VinnieVeritas wrote:

The tannins have further refined, the wine shows no other indication of its age. Lovely.

6/26/2021 - VinnieVeritas wrote:

For our palates, this could use another year or 2 of slumber. Tannins quite smooth, good fruit, peppery nose, hot alcohol finish.

5/31/2021 - VinnieVeritas wrote:

Restrained elegant nose, mostly secondary aromatics but hints of fruit. Lovely mouthfeel, absolutely no rough edges. A lingering, warm finish.

11/7/2020 - VinnieVeritas Likes this wine:

Considering the price, pretty good.

10/31/2020 - VinnieVeritas Likes this wine:

Seems to be at its peak now, quite lovely.

9/5/2020 - VinnieVeritas wrote:

Good with a steak, too young for a brisket.

8/29/2020 - VinnieVeritas wrote:

Ontario whites have come of age, from this lovely, inexpensive subtly floral blend to sone very good sparkling wines.

8/16/2020 - VinnieVeritas wrote:

Mellow, elegant, a bit delicate but drinking well.

8/14/2020 - VinnieVeritas wrote:

Good now, better in a few years.

5/17/2020 - VinnieVeritas wrote:

Better this time than last but still ready to drink.

5/2/2020 - VinnieVeritas wrote:

Still quite young but great with lamb chops.

4/30/2020 - VinnieVeritas wrote:

Drinking well now but has time.

4/19/2020 - VinnieVeritas wrote:

Tannins are integrated, the fruit is still good. Lovely with lamb chops, enough acidity to stand up to the lemon/olive oil marinade.

4/18/2020 - VinnieVeritas wrote:

Still firm, slightly coarse tannins but not much fruit left. Drink up.

4/5/2020 - VinnieVeritas wrote:

The wine is still improving. Decanted for 2 hours, should have been 3.

3/29/2020 - VinnieVeritas wrote:

Still firm with good structure and forward tannin. Perfect for a good steak but fine to leave a few years more.

3/19/2020 - VinnieVeritas wrote:

Drinking well now. Lovely balance of fruit, aromatics, tannin with a firm acidic backbone. Lovely with a prime rib roast.

1/5/2020 - VinnieVeritas wrote:

We were looking for a bottle to enjoy with braised lamb shoulder chops and I thought this might have taken on some age. It is lovely but still of youthful character.

9/23/2019 - VinnieVeritas wrote:

Ready to drink -- fruit is fading.

7/14/2019 - VinnieVeritas Likes this wine:

Now drinking exquisitely.

7/7/2019 - VinnieVeritas Likes this wine:

Time to drink up -- mostly secondary characters showing now: sandalwood, forest floor and a bit of barnyard. Refined, fully integrated, more silken than velvet but stood up to rack of lamb well.

6/16/2019 - VinnieVeritas Likes this wine:

A bit lighter in body than most Gigondas. Fine, integrated tannins overlay good structure and fruit.

6/3/2019 - VinnieVeritas wrote:

Nothing wrong here, just on the thin side in texture, nose, mouth....

4/13/2019 - VinnieVeritas wrote:

Drinking well now with good beef; otherwise, will the fruit hold another year while the tannins recede a bit further? I think so.

3/31/2019 - VinnieVeritas wrote:

Drinking well but another year or two won't hurt.

3/11/2019 - VinnieVeritas wrote:

Lovely to drink right now but watch the alcohol content. It's surprisingly 'cool' for 16.5%, smooth tannins and forward fruit, lingering finish and an elegantly firm structure.

3/9/2019 - VinnieVeritas wrote:

Decanted 2 hours. When poured, the bouquet let from the glass, but calmed almost instantly. First sip showed a young, raw wine, but it eased up in fairly short order. Needs a few more years.

2/17/2019 - VinnieVeritas wrote:

Still drinking well!

1/2/2019 - VinnieVeritas Likes this wine:

Stunning after 24 hour decant. Youthful in colour, rich fruit, balanced and lingering, lovely finish.

1/1/2019 - VinnieVeritas Likes this wine:

Quite lovely with 4 hours decant. Elegant & subtle nose of hazelnuts and burnt orange that continue to the palate, which also shows hints of sandalwood and old leather.

12/25/2018 - VinnieVeritas Likes this wine:

Agree entirely with Stickings. The acidity balanced the tomato sauce in the lasagna.

11/24/2018 - VinnieVeritas Likes this wine:

This bottle didn't show the petrol nose.

11/11/2018 - VinnieVeritas wrote:

In Canada this is CDN$17, about $12.80 US. It's cheap here for anything from California.
And good value! It is fruit forward, lush mouthfeel and decent structure though a bit short on the finish. The nose and palate both showed hints of ethyl alcohol but not unpleasantly so. It could age a year or two....

10/28/2018 - VinnieVeritas wrote:

Quite lovely. Nose shows caramel, a lot of pear and some bruised apple, all carrying to the palate. Lovely mouthfeel, well-balanced with good, refreshing structure and not too syrupy. With Creme Brûlée.

10/28/2018 - VinnieVeritas wrote:

Unfortunately this bottle had a whiff of cork. While it blew off, it did denigrate the wine...

10/23/2018 - VinnieVeritas Likes this wine:

We were pleasantly surprised, but only 3 hours after decanting. Decent structure & fruit. Palatable if not complex.

10/20/2018 - VinnieVeritas wrote:

Lovely with hot smoked salmon.
Sharon & Marvin Ungerman

9/30/2018 - VinnieVeritas wrote:

Still young, needs at least another year.