{"id":7727,"date":"2013-07-18T21:28:19","date_gmt":"2013-07-18T21:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=7727"},"modified":"2013-07-18T21:28:19","modified_gmt":"2013-07-18T21:28:19","slug":"fun-at-enoteca-ascari-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/canada\/fun-at-enoteca-ascari-toronto","title":{"rendered":"Fun at Enoteca Ascari, Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Svetlana Atcheva of Enoteca Ascari at work on a Cotat wax capsule.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Monday evening in Toronto. A fun gathering of wine people at\u00a0Enoteca Ascari<\/a>. \u00a0You can’t capture an evening like this is a blog post, but there are some wines that I’d like to mention, because they were so good.<\/p>\n

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Derek Barnett<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Derek Barnett, winemaker at Lailey Vineyard, was there with his amazingly floral, vivid Malbec. Derek is a Brit\u00a0who has lived in Canada for 40 years, working\u00a0at Southbank winery from 1973-2001. Steven Campbell of Lifford had brought along a bottle of the 1998 Southbank Cabernet Merlot, which Derek made. This was pretty cool.<\/p>\n

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Lailey Vineyard Malbec 2011 Niagara River VQA, Canada
\nThis has an amazingly open, aromatic\u00a0nose of sweet cherries and berries, with some blackcurrant\/Ribena characters in the mouth. Bright, juicy, floral and pure, and quite delicious. 93\/100<\/p>\n

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Southbrook Cabernet Merlot Triomphe 1998 Niagara, Canada
\nLovely open nose of gravel and spicy, with a hint of earth under the ripe black fruits. Lovely ripe fruit on the palate: bright and with some nice grippy tannins adding structure. A tiny bit drying on the finish, but so impressive. 93\/100<\/p>\n

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Ruud Maasdam of Staete Landt was also there, with a few of his wines, of which the Syrah was the stand-out for me. Just 110 cases made, one bottle per vine.<\/p>\n

Staete Landt Syrah 2009 Marlborough, New Zealand<\/strong>
\nLovely precision here with elegant, peppery, black cherry fruit. There’s some silkiness to the texture of this precise Syrah, with a bit of grip. A lovely cool climate expression of Syrah. 93\/100<\/p>\n

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It’s not every day you get to try a Cotat. This is such an interesting expression of Sauvignon.<\/p>\n

Pascal Cotat Sancerre La Grande Cote 2011 Loire, France<\/strong>
\nMineral, taut and slightly reductive nose of citrus pith and herbs. The palate is concentrated, bold and sweetly fruited with nice mineral notes and real complexity. 93\/100<\/p>\n

Old Alsace? Yes please.<\/p>\n

Zind Humbrecht Clos Windsbuhl Gewurztraminer 1989 Alsace, France<\/strong>
\nSubtle mushroom edge to the nose. Rich textured, still fresh with crystalline fruits. Lovely texture and depth – so interesting. 93\/100<\/p>\n

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Irakli Nikolashvili is a Georgian, resident in Toronto, and he had some of his Georgian wines with him. This was fabulous: made in 1500 litre clay amphorae (qvevri) with no added sulphur dioxide.<\/p>\n

Nikolashvili ‘Givi’s Qvevri’ Rkatsiteli 2011 Kakheti, Georgia<\/strong>
\nA skin-contact white wine made in clay qvevri and without any sulphur\u00a0dioxide additions.\u00a0Wonderfully aromatic nose: floral pear and peach notes. Lovely palate is a bit grippy with pure fruit and lovely finesse and freshness. So complex and fresh. 94\/100<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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