A crisp, clean, toasty Alsatian sparkling wine. Aromas of lemongrass and lime zest. Dry and mouth-watering. Pair with shellfish. Drink: 2024-2026. Score - 91. (nataliemaclean.com, Aug. 24, 2024)
A fresh and linear red with blackberries, blackcurrants and dark chocolate. Medium-bodied, very polished and refined on the palate with a lively finish. Linear at the end. This has more cabernet franc than normal. Malbec, merlot, syrah, cabernet franc, petit verdot, and cabernet sauvignon. Drink or hold. Score - 94. (jamessuckling.com, Feb. 7, 2024)
This wine comes from 30-year-old vines planted in granitic limestone, chalk and clay soils. It offers classic notes of lychee, rosewater and grapefruit, with spicy accents. This vintage also brings some tropical fruit to the table. Try it with sweet-and-sour fish, or tofu wrapped in seaweed. Enjoy through 2028.[Concours Général Paris did not include a tasting note.] Score - Gold. (Concours Général Paris, 2024)
100% Gamay. Crushed red fruit aromas, some herbal notes. Palate with crunchy fruit, quenching acidity, and a spicy, savoury finish. Score - 89. (Panel, Decanter World Wine Awards, 2025)
This single-vineyard Riesling was sourced from 18-year-old vines and harvested between October 3 and October 6. Whole bunches were gently pressed, and the juice was cool-fermented and aged in stainless steel. This preserved the purity of the wine's lemon, apple, lime and grapefruit tones and allowed the minerality to remain sharply defined. This wine will drink through the early 2030s+.
Syrah can achieve impressive results in Niagara, as this wine illustrates. Spicy and fruit-forward, it has a good structural underpinning and will pair nicely with pepper steaks, charcuterie, or prosciutto pizza.
Sales of this wine have resulted in the donation of 200,000 meals to Ontarians in need, a third of whom are children. The wine is bright and fresh, with apple, peach, grapefruit, and racy minerality. Perfect for roast chicken or pork chops.
From vines planted in 2007, this Pinot is from one of Niagara's most recognized producers. The 2023 vintage is one that favoured Pinot Noir. This appealing wine engages immediately with generous aromas of black fruit, leather and spice. The palate is savoury and round with excellent replays from the nose complemented by earth and cherry notes. Drink through end of the decade+.
It does not matter whether they be the single vineyard chardonnays or the conglomerative sku that acts as the geological sum of the total bill. In the world of Thomas Bachelder the intention is 'to define the dolomitic origins of our crazy-quilt patchwork of post-glacier melt/flow terroirs.' L'Ardoise is a clean, pure and representative slate of these notions, a chardonnay intent on helping to unearth what matters most, that being soil and place, to deliver this and more into a poured glass. The 2023 succeeds with its mix of fruit, acid and barrel, with ease and just enough complex depth to keep us asking for more. And posing new questions, to travel further and begin to discover the single terroir bottles made by Mr. Bachelder. Drink 2025-2028. Tasted October 2025. Score - 91. (Michael Godel, winealign.com)
The grapes are from the Lingard Vineyard on the St. David's Bench that was planted in 2006 to the 21b Clone. Fermentation was stopped to leave a bit of residual sugar (8 g/l) to balance the crisp acidity. A classic Niagara Riesling nose of lime, grapefruit, floral lift, lanolin and white peach. It's nicely balanced on the palate with lip-smacking citrus, summer peaches, ginger, honeycomb and yellow apple with a zippy, lifted finish. Can cellar through 2031. Score - 90. (Rick VanSickle, winesinniagara.com, July 21, 2025)
Recommend decanting. A density of savoury and plum fruits with a hint of sweet vanilla and blueberry muffin. Dusted fine tannins gives this wine a lovely structure. Score - 94. (International Wine Challenge, 2025)
This wine is everything you want in a Pinot Grigio. It's balanced and fresh, with apple, pear, and mouth-watering acidity. There's a delectable touch of fresh herbs that adds just a smidgen of complexity. Enjoy this as a sipping wine or with antipasti or fish.
Intensely expressed and instantly appealing, the wine shows green rockmelon, feijoa, kiwifruit and lemon peel aromas, leading to a splendidly flavoursome palate that's filled with juicy fruit flavours with lively acidity, finishing persistent and delicious. At its best: now to 2027. Score - 94. (Sam Kim, wineorbit.co.nz, Aug. 2024)
Wine has been made in what is today the country of Georgia for an astounding 8,000 years. Crafted from Saperavi grapes grown in Kakheti, this wine brings spicy dark cherry and blackberry fruit, floral notes, structured tannins, and a hint of oak. It'll pair nicely with smoked meats or steaks.
A fifty-fifty blend of the local Feteasca Regala with French-born international superstar Sauvignon Blanc, this lively wine evokes ripe apple, yellow plum, lemon and lime. Zippy acidity makes it a good choice for pan-fried trout, or pasta in pesto sauce.
The 2021 RunRig is an impossibly bright and vibrant wine, with intense power and structure to match the impermeable fruit. Not much more can be said of this wine other than that it came from a magnificent vintage that experienced healthy winter rains in the lead up to the growing season and dry conditions throughout the growing season. The wines have been lauded, and in the case of a wine like this, it is evident why. Like the 2018 vintage, you could drink this anytime, but one would counsel patience. 15% alcohol, sealed under natural cork. Drink date: 2031-2061. Score - 99. (Erin Larkin, robertparker.com, Sept. 25, 2025)
Rich, inviting and harmonious, this is laced with black cherry, blackberry, plum, vanilla, toast and earth aromas and flavors. Vibrant, with dense tannins. Expansive finish. Merlot. Best from 2026 through 2035. Score - 93. (Bruce Sanderson, winespectator.com, July 16, 2025)
Sweet black cherries with some blackberries, as well as cherry blossom in both the nose and palate. Medium to full body with firm tannins and a chewy finish, but it will soften and come together nicely with bottle age. Try after 2025 [into the mid-2030s]. Score - 94. (jamessuckling.com, Sept. 13, 2023)
Calm, cool, and collected with a label soothing to the eyes in mint-green. Discreetly aromatic with lime leaf, elderflower, ginger, almond, and fennel on the nose. Zesty but balanced with gentle lees and flavours of cucumber, white tea and mineral that mark the palate. Features a pleasant texture and notable persistence. Enjoy now or hold another 2-3 years. Tasted October 2024. Score - 90. (Sara d'Amato, winealign.com)
It's immediately enticing on the nose, showing rockmelon, kaffir lime, crunchy apple and fresh fig aromas, followed by a succulent palate delivering terrific fruit purity and intensity. Wonderfully fruited and flavoursome with a lengthy, satisfying finish. At its best: now to 2027. Score - 95. (Sam Kim, wineorbit.co.nz, Aug. 2024)