Essex Wine Review

Winemaker’s Notes:
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12% alc./vol.

Price: 750 mL $10.95

Rate and review Aleksander Estate Rosé 2008

Winemaker’s Notes:
A delicious Pinot Gris that shows grapefruit & pear on the nose. Flavors of peach & citrus grace the tastebuds with a soft feel, until a pleasant surprise comes with it’s zesty finish. Excellent with seafood, salads, and light meats.

VQA Ontario
12.5% alc./vol.
Sugar Code: 1

Price: 750 mL $12.95

Rate and review Sprucewood Shores Pinot Gris 2009

Winemaker’s Notes:
Our well-known and medaled Vidal is a lovely off-dry white wine with delightful floral-citrus bouquet, mild citrus on the palate, with apple, pear, kiwi, pleasant finish. Matched with appetizers, seafood, shell fish, white meats, pates, fruits and cheese.

VQA Ontario
11.5% alc./vol
Sugar code: 2

Price: 750 mL $9.95

Rate and review Erie Shore Vidal 2008

Winemaker’s Notes:
This Riesling has an outstanding nose of lemon grass and citrus. The palate comes in very different from the nose, with a front palate flavour hinting peach and kiwi that gives way to an earthy and herbaceous finish. Some hints of citrus & mineral can be detected. This wine is off dry and can be paired well with thai food, chicken, and pasta in cream sauces.

VQA Ontario
13% alc./vol.
Sugar Code: 1

Price: 750 mL $12.95

Rate and review Sprucewood Shores Riesling 2009.

Winemaker’s Notes:
Like the ’07 Vidal but a dry Vidal that is a refreshing wine. It is citrus to lemon. Light to Medium bodied, clean finish.

Pleasant floral-citrus bouquet. This one excels on a hot Essex County day! Great with appetizers, an aperitif, seafood, shell fish, white meats, pates, fruits and cheese.

VQA Ontario
11.5% alc./vol

Price: 750 mL $9.95

Rate and review Erie Shore Blanc de Blancs Vidal Blanc 2008

On the heels of a marginally cool spring, the warm, dry 2007 summer made way for timely rains in the early fall and excellent ripening conditions in the Lake Erie North Shore.

Colour: Pale straw
Bouquet: Honey, melons and baked apple
Taste: Green apple, lemon zest and honey finish
Serve at: 8º – 10º C
Blend: Riesling 100%
Harvest Date: Oct 9, 10, 11, 2007
Brix at Harvest: 18.2
Fermentation: Stainless steel tanks
Aging: Stainless steel tanks
Residual Sugar: 9 g/l
Alcohol Content: 11.5 %
Production: 1100 cases
Winemaker: Tim Reilly
Food Match: Vegetarian, Turkey, Thai, Seafood, Salmon, Pork, Oriental, Fish – Light Flavoured, Chicken, Cheeses-mild

VQA Lake Erie North Shore

Price: 750 mL – $15.35

Rate and review Colio CEV Riesling Reserve 2007

Colio Estate Vineyards (CEV)-Ultra Premium VQA

Winemaker’s Notes:
Colour: Light straw
Bouquet: Overripe pear, baked bread and tree nuts
Taste: Pear and tropical flavours, followed by a creamy, yeasty finish
Serve at: 8º – 10º C
Blend: Pinot Grigio 100%
Fermentation: Stainless steel tanks
Aging: Stainless steel tanks
Alcohol Content: 13.1 %
Production: 3300 cases
Winemaker: Tim Reilly
Vineyard Manager: Kevin Donohue

Food Match: Salad, Pasta-cream based, Chicken

Awards:
2009 Great Lakes Wine Competition: Bronze medal
2009 All-Canadian Wine Competition: Bronze medal
2008 Canadian Wine Awards: Bronze medal

VQA Lake Erie North Shore

Price: 750 mL – $15.25

Rate and review Colio CEV Pinot Grigio 2008.

CEV Signature Series-Limited Edition Wines

Winemaker’s Notes:
A cool spring with relatively normal rainfall was followed by a hot, dry summer with an extended warm, dry autumn creating excellent ripening conditions for the Bordeaux varietals that demanded just that. Chocolate, blueberry and dark toast highlight the nose while the taste expresses choclolate, white pepper, and ripe blueberries with a longstanding fruit finish.

The award winning wines that wear our CEV label are the ultimate expression of our winemaker’s art. Ultra Premium, hand crafted VQA wines.

Colour: Dark garnet
Harvest Date(s): September 27, October 1, 3, 2005
Bouquet: Chocolate, blueberry and dark toast highlight the nose
Taste: Chocolate, white pepper and ripe blueberries with a longstanding fruit finish
Serve at: 18º – 20º C
Blend: 100% Merlot
Brix at Harvest: 21.6
Fermentation: Stainless steel tanks, 10 to 14 days on skins
Aging: 20 months in oak barrels
Residual Sugar: 3 g/l
Alcohol Content: 12.7%
Production: 1100 cases
Winemaker: Tim Reilly
Food Match: Veal, Lamb, Cheeses-strong, Beef-roasted, Beef-grilled

Awards:
2009 Great Lakes Wine Competition: Double Gold Medal
2009 Ontario Wine Awards: Silver Medal
2008 Ontario wine Awards: Bronze

VQA Lake Erie North Shore

Price: 750 mL – $20.75

Rate and review Colio CEV Merlot Reserve 2005