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This is a Cabernet Franc-led wine, with Merlot, Syrah and Petit Verdot rounding out the blend. It was aged in a combination of French and American oak and is an aromatic, fruity wine, with cherry, plum, vanilla, and a dash of baking spice.

This dessert wine offers sweetness without the overt richness found in Icewine. It's wonderfully complex, with honey, peach, tangerine, lychee, apple and apricot notes. Try this lovely wine with a vanilla custard cake or a caramel tart. (Vintages panel, Sept. 2018)

This charming pink sparkler is from Lundy Manor, which is the only estate winery in Niagara Falls. An eclectic blend of Gamay with Chardonnay and Gewürztraminer, it's vibrant and floral with suggestions of fruit salad, a touch of grated ginger, and a subtle kiss of sweetness. Perfect with sushi, spring rolls or roasted root veggies.

This Riesling, Cabernet Franc, Chardonnay, Gewürztraminer blend starts with a chiselled complexity on the nose that recalls candied lemon, lychee, Mirabelle and apricot. That intriguing scent leads to a luminous and faintly Cabernet-Franc-spiced entry. Then suddenly, there's apricot-lemon-Mirabelle again with a slight cherry-blackcurrant undertow. Close your eyes and you'd think this was a rosé. A little strawberry-rose flourish emerges on the finish, too. This wine gets better with each sip. Score - 92. (Carolyn Evans Hammond, Toronto Star, Oct. 16, 2025)