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• owr Likes this wine: 86 points

  September 5, 2020 - This is the wine I got engaged to some 12 or more years ago.
  
  It starts off with a huge strawberry component and the longer it sits open that "strawberry" moves to red currant ... the bubbles seem to have subsided over the years and the wine is now more a frizzante than straight on traditional method sparkling in nature; there is also some sweetness creeping in on the mid-palate.
  
  Open now 30 minutes and a subtle earthiness moves in to both the nose and palate; that said it is still a pleasant wine. Yes the colour has darken with time and those pétillant bubbles are dropping out to create more of a still wine almost the moment it hits the glass (when poured it has minimal mousse) ... it's a little battered, a little bruised but it has held up - seems the right metaphor.

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• owr Likes this wine: 87 points

  March 3, 2016 - When poured the first thing we noticed was that the wine is a tad on the browner side of Rose, but it is still definitely Rose. There's also some oxidative notes creeping in which are bathed mainly in strawberry pith; acidity continues to be good and crisp, while the wine remains lively with bubbles in the glass. Our second glass was a little better, as a little raspberry and lime crept in and repressed those oxidized notes. Not sure how long I should be keeping the other few bottles I have of this - as soon it'll lose its character and charm and just become a curiosity.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2005
• Type Rosé - Sparkling
• Producer Château des Charmes
• Varietal Champagne Blend
• Designation Méthode Traditionelle Rosé
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Canada
• Region Ontario
• SubRegion Niagara Peninsula
• Appellation Niagara-on-the-Lake VQA

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• Consumed 4 (67%)

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