Essex Wine Review

Winemaker’s Notes:
Full bodied, bold tannins with blackberry and licorce flavours. Serve with steak, veal, chocolate or aged cheese.

VQA Lake Erie North Shore
12.5% alc./vol.
Sugar Code: 0

Price: 750 mL $24.95

Rate and review Sprucewood Shores Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 2007

Winemaker’s Notes:
This wine offers earthy vharacteristics with a hint of melon and green tea. An engaging white wine that would be wonderully paired with srong cheeses, chicken, steamed fish or salad. Serve slightly chilled.

Hand-harvested: September 26, 2008
Total production: 80 cases

12.5% alc./vol.
Non VQA

Price: 750 mL $16

Rate and review Muscedere Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc 2008.

Winemaker’s Notes:
Medium Bodied. This Chardonnay releases a vibrant, tropical nose of melon, banana, and a hint of mineral. The palate is very fruity and shows pineapple, and melon. Excellent when paired with tropical fruits, salad, and salmon.

VQA Ontario

13% alc./vol.
Sugar Code: 0

Price: 750 mL $14.95

Rate and review Sprucewood Shores Chardonnay 2009

Winemaker’s Notes:
A light-hearted, fruity wine that packs lots of refreshment.

The grapes were harvested in the month of September when they had reached 19 brix. They were fermented for a four-week period in temperature controlled steel tanks.

The reason this is one of our most popular wines is due to it being a great compliment to so many different foods. This wine is best suited to light cuisine such as poultry or seafood, or as a pleasantly dry aperitif. Serve well chilled.

GRAPES: 65% Vidal, 25% Riesling and 10% Geishenheim
BRIX: 19
ALCOHOL: 12%
RESIDUAL SUGAR: 8.7 g/L
AVAILABLE IN: 750 ml & 1500 ml bottles

VQA Ontario

Price: 750 mL $9.95

AWARDS:
DOUBLE GOLD – 2010 All Canadian Wine Championships

Rate and review Pelee Island Blanc de Blanc 2008

Winemaker’s Notes:
A unique blend of red and purple raspberries made from the finest hand-picked berries grown on our farm.

This wine is our Dad’s favourite as it is a unique special blend of red and purple raspberries made from the finest hand picked berries grown here on the farm. Named for our Dad this wine became famous when it earned a Gold Medal at the 2009 All Canadian Wine Championships. This wine has become a popular after dinner wine.

AWARDS:
Gold – 2009 All Canadian Wine Championships
Silver – 2010 Finger Lakes International Wine Competition

Alcohol Content: 17 %
Price: 375 mL – $18

Rate and review Black Bear Farms Papa’s Special Reserve.

Winemaker’s Notes:
Pure black currant wine made from our finest black currants on our farm. This wine is our winemaker’s favourite! It carries the true essence of black currant and is a favourite to pair with pork dishes and offers a refreshing drink.

AWARDS
Bronze Medal Winner at the 2010 Finger Lakes International Wine Competition

Alcohol Content: 14.6 %
Price: 375 mL – $18

Rate and review Black Bear Farms Black Currant.

Winemaker’s Notes:
Sauvignon Blanc is a relatively new variety to the Island (planted in 1994), shows it’s typical grassy, herbaceous and green fruit aromas. This is a wine that is very cool fermented, which brings out citrus flavours that linger on the finish.

VQA Ontario

ALCOHOL: 12.5%

Price: 750 mL $11.45

Rate and review Pelee Island Sauvignon Blanc 2007.

Winemaker’s Notes:
Made from the finest hand picked elderberries and blended with our red raspberries and strawberries grown on our farm.

** Fruit Wine **

AWARDS: 2008 Elderberry – DOUBLE GOLD (All Canadian Wine Championships)
Gold Medal winner at the 2010 Finger Lakes International Wine Competition

Alcohol Content: 12.7 %
Price: 375 mL – $18

Rate and Review Black Bear Farms Elderberry

Colio Estate Vineyards (CEV)-Ultra Premium VQA

Winemakers Notes: Damp spring weather in the Lake Erie North Shore provided ample moisture to carry through a very dry June and July, while the timely August rain and fairly dry autumn set the stage for a bountiful harvest of good quality fruit.

Colour: Light straw
Bouquet: Sweet Tropical fruit and fresh cut hay
Taste: Zesty citrus and lemongrass, soft mineral finish
Serve at: 8º – 10º C

Blend: Sauvignon Blanc 100%
Brix at Harvest: 20.5
Fermentation: Stainless steel tanks
Aging: Stainless steel tanks
Residual Sugar: 2 g/l
Alcohol Content: 13.8 %
Production: 500 cases
Winemaker: Tim Reilly

Food Match: Pasta-cream based, Fish – Light Flavoured, Chicken
Grape Variety: Sauvignon Blanc

VQA Lake Erie North Shore

Price: 750 mL – $15.75

Rate and review Colio CEV Sauvignon Blanc 2008

Winemaker’s Notes:
You will find very ripe, plumy-sweet flavours and richness in this wine.
A rustic wine with character. Some would also call it a bistro, elbows on the table wine.

VQA Ontario

Grape Composition: 85% Cabernet Franc, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon
Alcohol: 13 %
Sugar Code: (0)

Food Recommendation:
Great with stews, red meat or tomato-based dishes.

Price: 750 mL $11.95

Rate and review Pelee Island Lighthouse Cab Franc 2008