Comments on: Colio Baco Noir 2008 http://www.essexwinereview.com/2009/12/colio-baco-noir-2008/ Reviewing 399 Wines From Lake Erie North Shore & Pelee Island Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:31:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Paul B. http://www.essexwinereview.com/2009/12/colio-baco-noir-2008/#comment-505 Paul B. Sun, 01 Aug 2010 01:47:36 +0000 http://www.essexwinereview.com/?p=1035#comment-505 Beautiful, deep dark garnet colour throughout; fully transparent with a magenta-garnet tinge at the meniscus. Fantastic, complex Baco nose of brine and peppercorns, with secondary plum and cherry fruit. Properly rustic with tell-tale hickory notes chiming in. I expect the wine to open up and integrate to a much greater degree on day two, as Baco always does. Very balanced on the mid-palate, where diminutive tannins - proper to the variety - mingle alongside flavour replays that are consistent with the nose. Warm, balanced, pleasant finish. As with the Harrow Estates line, which no longer exists, this Baco shows tremendous value for the money and solid winemaking. This has always been one of the best Ontario Bacos for the money. It's a restrained, balanced wine that works extremely well at the table: pork roast, ribs, pizza and lasagna are but a few favourites with which I enjoy matching it. There is just one thing that I wish the new line had included: oak ageing! When Carlo Negri was in charge of these wines, they always featured a dash of American oak - something that I thought made them all the better. Now, the wines are simply finished in stainless steel and bottled. I have written to the winery and hope that they will reconsider this new policy of omitting the oak nuance. Beautiful, deep dark garnet colour throughout; fully transparent with a magenta-garnet tinge at the meniscus. Fantastic, complex Baco nose of brine and peppercorns, with secondary plum and cherry fruit. Properly rustic with tell-tale hickory notes chiming in. I expect the wine to open up and integrate to a much greater degree on day two, as Baco always does. Very balanced on the mid-palate, where diminutive tannins – proper to the variety – mingle alongside flavour replays that are consistent with the nose. Warm, balanced, pleasant finish.

As with the Harrow Estates line, which no longer exists, this Baco shows tremendous value for the money and solid winemaking. This has always been one of the best Ontario Bacos for the money. It’s a restrained, balanced wine that works extremely well at the table: pork roast, ribs, pizza and lasagna are but a few favourites with which I enjoy matching it.

There is just one thing that I wish the new line had included: oak ageing! When Carlo Negri was in charge of these wines, they always featured a dash of American oak – something that I thought made them all the better. Now, the wines are simply finished in stainless steel and bottled. I have written to the winery and hope that they will reconsider this new policy of omitting the oak nuance.

]]> By: Gary Killops http://www.essexwinereview.com/2009/12/colio-baco-noir-2008/#comment-322 Gary Killops Sun, 03 Jan 2010 03:37:01 +0000 http://www.essexwinereview.com/?p=1035#comment-322 Of all of the local Baco Noir's this one from Colio is the best deal coming in at just a little over $9. Put it next to any Baco twice the price and this one will hold up against it. Dark colour, with ripe berrie nose. Taste is full of dark berries, and some spices. If Baco is your thing, this one will do just fine and won't disappoint. Of all of the local Baco Noir’s this one from Colio is the best deal coming in at just a little over $9. Put it next to any Baco twice the price and this one will hold up against it.

Dark colour, with ripe berrie nose. Taste is full of dark berries, and some spices.

If Baco is your thing, this one will do just fine and won’t disappoint.

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