{"id":19067,"date":"2017-11-05T22:05:03","date_gmt":"2017-11-05T22:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=19067"},"modified":"2017-11-05T22:05:03","modified_gmt":"2017-11-05T22:05:03","slug":"highlights-from-norman-hardie-some-of-canadas-best-wines-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/canada\/highlights-from-norman-hardie-some-of-canadas-best-wines-yet","title":{"rendered":"Highlights from Norman Hardie: some of Canada’s best wines yet"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tasting with Norman Hardie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’ve written extensively about Norman Hardie’s wines before<\/a>. But on this recent trip I tried some of his wines that astonished me, and are really next-level. These have to be among Canada’s best ever, and are peers of great Burgundies.<\/p>\n

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Norman Hardie Cuv\u00e9e Dix Chardonnay 2014 Niagara, Canada
\nIn magnum, under cork. This has an extra six month’s age, and was released for the 10th<\/span>\u00a0anniversary in 2017. Superbly refined and taut still, with lovely refined citrus fruit. This has a bit of saltiness and some mineral hints. Superb balance and precision, with just a hint of reductive character. Has some richness, too, with hints of nuts, spice and creaminess. 96\/100<\/p>\n

Norman Hardie Cuv\u00e9e Des Amis Chardonnay 2015 Prince Edward County, Canada
\nBeautifully detailed nose with spicy, mineral citrus fruit. The palate has amazing precision with lovely purity. Lemons, grapefruits and a brilliantly vital mineral character. Tight but with a bit of generosity. Very fine and detailed with amazing acid structure. A lovely wine. 96\/100<\/p>\n

\"OLYMPUS<\/p>\n

Norman Hardie Cuv\u00e9e L Chardonnay 2015 Prince Edward County, Canada
\nExtremely reduced yields this year that produced a very concentrated wine. Mostly from Cold Creek, which is a very bony site. This is tight and Chablis-like with just a hint of creaminess and some nutty notes. Very refined on the palate with high, yet well integrated acidity and a lovely linear core of citrus fruit. Such amazing texture and purity. This is remarkable and intense, with astonishing mineral character. 96\/100<\/p>\n

\"OLYMPUS<\/p>\n

Norman Hardie County Pinot Noir 2016 Prince Edward County, Canada
\n11.7% alcohol. Deliciously sappy and bright with some raspberry and red cherry fruit. Elegant and pure with some silkiness to the perfumed, floral red fruits. Real finesse here: a beautifully expressive, balanced wine that’s drinking well now, but which will develop beautifully over the medium term. Such precision. Norm says that this has a hardness and an inaccessibility in the mid-palate which is a bit like Chambolle, and is a very good thing. 95\/100<\/p>\n

Find these wines with wine-searcher.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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