Essex Wine Review

Winemaker’s Notes:
The wine within this bottle is the culmination of twelve years of research and development. Three unique grape varieties blended together, provide you our customer with perhaps the first and only wine from our province made with homegrown sustainable cultivars. Disease resistance and cold hardiness are the hallmarks of these varieties. Please enjoy Essex County’s own wine, Colchester Cuvée.

GRAPES: A blend of three varieties, presently known as HG01, HG03, and HG04 (HG = Harrow Graft).

Non VQA
13.3% alc./vol.

Price: 750 mL $17.95

Rate and review Viewpointe Colchester Cuvée Premiere Vintage

Ideal Pointe 2006

Winemaker’s Notes:
None available at this time.

VQA Lake Erie North Shore

14.6% alc./vol.

Price: 750 mL $28.95

Rate and review Viewpointe Barrel Fermented Chardonnay 2006

Winemaker’s Notes:
Aroma: citrus, floral and white peach.
Palate: Nice acidity, long crisp finish, medium body, some mineral notes and citrus.

VQA Lake Erie North Shore

12.5% alc./vol.

Price: 750 mL $13.95

Rate and review Viewpointe Riesling 2006.

Winemaker’s Notes:
Aroma: bell pepper, black berry and black currants.
Palate: moderate tannins and acidity, notes of spice with a long finish.
Burgundy red in colour with colour to the rim.

VQA Lake Erie North Shore
13% alc./vol.

Price: 750 mL $16.95

Rate and review Viewpointe Cabernet Franc 2005

Winemaker’s Notes:
Aroma: Cassis, black cherry, black currant, spice, pepper, dark chocolate, leather.
Palate: leather and moderate tannins and acidity, notes of spice with a long finish.
Burgundy red in colour with colour to the rim.

VQA Lake Erie North Shore
13% alc./vol.

Price: 750 mL $16.95

Rate and review Viewpointe Cabernet Merlot 2005

2002 BALANCE POINTE- Cabernet Merlot – Viewpointe Reserve Wine

Winemaker’s Notes:
A nose of intense chocolate and tobacco with flavours of plum, ripe cherry, spice, vanilla and cedar. Full bodied and bold with a velvet finish.

Aroma: Deep cherry, cassis, leather, smoky oak, chocolate and an earthy character
Palate: Dry with good acidity, mid weight plus. Big palate follows the nose, adding rich almost fat mouth feel, ripe tannins and raspberry on the mid palate.

Food Pairing:
Beef, Gorgonzola Cheese and dark chocolate.

VQA Lake Erie North Shore

13.6% alc./vol.

Price: 750 mL $29.95

Rate and review Viewpointe Cabernet Merlot 2002

Winemaker’s Notes:
None. Just released April 2009.

VQA Lake Erie North Shore
12.5% alc./vol.

Price: 750 mL $14.95

Rate and review Viewpointe Auxerrois 2006.

Viewpointe Pinot Noir 2005

2005 FINE POINTE – Pinot Noir VQA

Winemaker’s Notes:
Nose of smoky earth and strawberry, flavours of strawberry compote, cherry and cinnamon. Solid tannins.

Food Pairing:
Porkloin with mushrooms. Great for most holidays.

VQA Lake Erie North Shore
12.7% alc./vol.

Price: 750 mL $20.15

Rate and review Viewpointe Pinot Noir 2005

Winemaker’s Notes:
A nose of byng cherries and smoke. Flavours of minty raspberry with substantial tannins. A dusty cinnamon finish.

Food Pairing:
Gamey red meat such as rack of lamb.

50% Merlot
25% Cabernet Franc
25% Cabernet Saugvignon

13% Alc./vol.

Price: 750 mL $17.15

Rate and Review Viewpointe Cabernet Merlot 2001.

Winemaker’s Notes:
A complex wine featuring aromas and flavours of apple, pear, grapefruit, petrol and flint. Crisp yet refined with a long mineral finish.

Food Pairing:
Curry or Thai dishes; shellfish such as shrimp and mussels.

13% alc./vol.

Price: 750 mL $14.15

Rate and Review Viewpointe Estate Riesling 2005.