Essex Wine Review

Winemaker’s notes:
This intriguing wine begins with an apple nose. Upon tasting, sour cherry flavours envelop the palate finishing with a refreshing orange zest. This is a great sipping wine and an interesting pairing with many different foods.

Price: 750 mL $12

This a non VQA wine. Merlot and Riesling wines were used to make this wine.

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Winemakers Notes:
This Riesling will surprise you with its floral aromas that evolve into flavours of pineapple and honeysuckle. It lends itself to grilled chicken, soft cheeses, and spicy foods.
Sugar Code: 1

Price: 750 mL $15

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NOTES FROM THE WINEMASTER:
The grapes were harvested during the last week of September and the first week of October when they had reached 20 degrees brix. They were then fermented in stainless steel tanks for the next four weeks.

This wine is a perfect compliment to appetizers, seafood, cheeses and light meats. A great pair would be a nice scallop dish with a wonderful light creamy white sauce and some crisp, fresh vegetables straight from the garden. Sounds delicious!

GRAPES: 100% Riesling
BRIX: 20°
ALCOHOL: 12.5%
RESIDUAL SUGAR: 4.4 g/L
AVAILABLE IN: 750 ml
Sugar Code: (0)

Price: 750 mL bottle $11.95

Winemaker’s Notes:
This Rosé is made from Cabernet Franc grapes. Limited skin contact has slightly augmented the hue of the Cabernet Franc juice, which gives the wine its pink colour. Made in an off-dry style it can be enjoyed in the summer sun as a cocktail wine and with light hors d’oeuvres or salads. Serve slightly chilled.

Hand-harvest: October 9, 2007
Total production: 100 cases

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Winemaker’s Notes:
This wine possesses a delicate black current nose. The initial flavour is of rich coffee beans. This is promptly followed by a burst of summer berries making this quite a fruit forward red. Anise is followed by a lasting vanilla finish.

Price: 750 mL $13

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NOTES FROM THE WINEMASTER:

Eco Trail is a blend of Auxerois harvested when it reached 19.4 degrees brix, and Chardonnay harvested when it reached an average of 19 degrees brix.

Serve at 16 degrees Celsius with poultry or seafood. This is another excellent sipping wine great for sharing with friends and family out on the patio or over a great meal.

GRAPES: 60% Chardonnay, 40% Auxerois
BRIX: 19.4 degrees
ALCOHOL: 12.5%
RESIDUAL SUGAR: 9.9 g/L
AVAILABLE IN: 750 ml
Sugar Code: (1)

PRICE: 750ml bottle $9.95

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Winemaker’s Notes:
Riesling (0) Crisp and refreshing, this wine will make your mouth water leaving you thirsty for more. Lots of citrus and grapefruit notes make this wine a perfect partner for Lake Erie Perch, grilled chicken or vinigrette salads.

Price: 750 mL $12.95

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Winemaker’s Notes:
This finely-balanced wine has off-dry appeal. Characteristics include green apple, lemon, and honey on the nose, with citrus notes on the palate and a crisp, clea finish. Serve as a cocktail wine or as a partner tp spicy Indian or Thai dishes. Serve slightly chilled.

Hand-harvest: October 6, 2007
Total production: 161 cases.

Price: 750 mL $14

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Winemaker’s Notes:
The “07” has a distinct Alsace style with bold, brassy colour; forward aromas of applesauce, peach compote; and an ever-so-slight petrol note. On the palate the assertive tree fruit replays with an interesting seam of fresh herbs/thyme and really zesty acidty. This dry, racy Riesling really puts it all out there – none of that delicate, floral stuff here. Just the thing for a Berkshire pork chop on the barbecue. Don’t chill this one too much – it really opens up if you take the bottle out of the fridge 15 minutes before service.

Price: $14.95 750 mL

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CREW (Colchester Ridge Estate Winery)

Winemaker’s Notes:
A crisp pear nose leads into a surprisingly smooth and delicately sweet mouth-feel. The taste is reminiscent of mandarin oranges while the balance acids result in a clean finish, with lingering pecan.

PRICE: 750 ml bottle $14

This wine was selected as the 2008-09 official white wine to be served at official legislature functions.

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