This is a really intense and flavourful wine for the price. Small wonder it won a gold medal at the Concours Mondial competition in Brussels. Dense ruby-purple colour; a nose of black raspberries and vanilla oak with a mineral-herbal note; on the palate, it offers a candied raspberry flavour. It’s full-bodied and well-structured with ripe tannins. Food match: pepper steak, osso bucco.
$18.95, Vintages #148692.
Post City Magazines’ wine columnist, Tony Aspler, has written 14 books on wine and food. Tony also created the Ontario Wine Awards. He can be heard on 680News.