{"id":7696,"date":"2013-07-15T12:05:36","date_gmt":"2013-07-15T12:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=7696"},"modified":"2013-07-15T12:06:39","modified_gmt":"2013-07-15T12:06:39","slug":"in-canada-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/from-the-road\/in-canada-day-1","title":{"rendered":"In Canada, day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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So, I am in Canada. For one night only, I’m staying in the very pretty resort town of Niagara on the Lake. I got here about 4 pm yesterday, arriving in beautiful sunshine and temperatures in the high 20s. The first thing I did was check the test match score (England pulled off a thrilling 14 run victory), then I went for a run. There’s a lovely recreation trail along the Niagara river, and you can run all the\u00a0way to the falls if you want to (some 25 km).<\/p>\n

Then I showered, changed and went out for dinner with Magdalena Kaiser-Smit of Wines of Ontario. We went to a lovely restaurant, Treadwells, where we alarmed fellow diners by opening far more bottles than is normal\u00a0during the course of a meal, and only drinking a little bit of each. I was impressed: there were some lovely wines in this selection. Here are my full\u00a0notes.<\/p>\n

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Hinterland Ros\u00e9 2010 Prince Edward County, Canada<\/strong>
\nThis sparkling wine is pale salmon pink colour. It shows lovely precision with subtle cherry fruit, some ripe apple and a green herbal character in the background. Lovely fizz with delicate flavours and good acidity. 90\/100<\/p>\n

Flat Rock Cellars Riesling Nadja’s Vineyard 2010 Twenty Mile Bench VQA, Canada<\/strong>
\n12% alcohol. Delicate, fine and quite precise with lime and grapefruit pith notes. Dry with lovely fruit and just a hint of grippiness. Nice purity. 89\/100<\/p>\n

Ch\u00e2teau des Charmes Old Vines Riesling 2010 Niagara on the Lake VQA, Canada<\/strong>
\n12.5% alcohol. From vines around 30 years old, this has lovely ripe melon, pear and citrus aromas. The palate has more of this ripe fruit character with lovely purity, a rounded texture and a hint of sweetness. 91\/100<\/p>\n

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Back 10 Cellars The Big Reach Riesling 2012 Lincoln Lakeshore VQA, Canada<\/strong>
\n10.5% alcohol. This is special. Lively, precise, pure grapefruit and lemon flavours with a hint of sweetness and some pear fruit richness. Very fine and beautifully balanced. 93\/100<\/p>\n

Bachelder Wismer Vineyard Chardonnay 2010 Twenty Mile Bench VQA, Canada<\/strong>
\n13.9% alcohol. Thomas Bachelder makes his wines from three regions: Burgundy, Oregon and Niagara. This is aromatic with a pear, peach and spice nose. There’s lovely depth on the palate, which is richly textured and spicy, showing fig, pear and peach notes. Very bold and full. 91\/100<\/p>\n

Stratus Chardonnay 2009 Niagara on the Lake VQA, Canada<\/strong>
\n14% alcohol. Ripe flavours of pear, apple and peach, with some toast and nut notes too. Broad and textured yet with good definition, and beginning to develop some aged characters. 90\/100<\/p>\n

Ch\u00e2teau des Charmes Chardonnay Musque 2010 Niagara on the Lake VQA, Canada<\/strong>
\n13.5% alcohol. This is clone 809 Chardonnay, one of the two clones of this variety that are ‘musque’, which means that are overtly terpenic, like Muscat. This is highly aromatic with a grapey, citrus pith, muscat-like edge to the nose. The palate is fruity, fresh, ripe and rounded with boiled sweets and grape jelly notes. 86\/100<\/p>\n

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Coyote’s Run Red Paw Vineyard Pinot Noir 2010 Four Mile Creek VQA, Canada<\/strong>
\nLovely nose of sweet cherry, undergrowth and spice. The palate is ripe and quite dense with some spicy notes, good depth and nice texture. Very stylish. 90\/100<\/p>\n

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The Old Third Vineyard Pinot Noir 2010 Prince Edward County, Canada<\/strong>
\n12.5% alcohol. Supple, elegant nose, with notes of roses, red cherries and subtle spice. The palate is\u00a0 pure and elegant with beautifully textured red cherry fruit. Real finesse here. Such a lovely Pinot Noir. 93\/100<\/p>\n

Le Clos Jordanne Claystone Terrace Pinot Noir 2009 Twenty Mile Bench VQA, Canada<\/strong>
\nSome spice, roast coffee and black cherry on the subtly reductive nose. The palate shows nice density and some structure, and is taut with a bit of grip under the ripe fruit. Surprisingly Burgundian with this structure. I think it will age well. 92\/100<\/p>\n

Hidden Bench Pinot Noir 2010 Beamsville Bench VQA, Canada<\/strong>
\nSupple and fresh with lovely cherry and berry fruit. Nice texture and lovely balance, with sweet, rounded fruit. So easy to drink but with more than a hint of seriousness. 92\/100<\/p>\n

Stratus Gamay 2009 Niagara on the Lake, Canada<\/strong>
\nSweet black fruits nose leads to a rich, sweetly fruited palate that’s much denser and richer than you’d expect from Gamay. Supple, smooth, pure, ripe and full. 89\/100<\/p>\n

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Ravine Vineyard Reserve Cabernet Franc Picone Vineyard 2010 Vinemount Ridge VQA, Canada<\/strong>
\nSeductive ripe, sweet black cherry and blackberry fruit. Sweet, pure and textured with lovely ripeness, but also great definition. Impressive. 93\/100<\/p>\n

Pondview Bella Terra Cabernet Franc 2010 Four Mile Creek VQA, Canada<\/strong>
\n14.5% alcohol. Ripe, sweet, seductive blackberry fruit with some vanilla. Sweet, bold and ripe with some spicy oak influence. This is a big, ripe style. 88\/100<\/p>\n

Southbrook Poetica Red 2010 Niagara Peninsula VQA, Canada<\/strong>
\nBiodynamic. Dense, spicy, rich and subtly tarry with lovely brooding ripe black fruits. Rich, full and ripe with generous flavours. Lovely wine. 92\/100<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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