Tag: Red
La Stella Maestoso Merlot 2022
Tasting Note So here’s a boundary-stretching $100 Canadian merlot, and it is great! Perhaps the best merlot ever made in this country. This is...
Dobbin Estate Pinot Noir 2022
Tasting Note This is the debut pinot noir from Dobbin Estate. It’s a well-crafted, complete and complex example that still, however, shows the tenderness,...
Sprucewood Shores Abbey’s Baco Noir Hawks Flight Reserve 2025
Tasting Note I came upon this huge, luminous, deep purple-ruby fruit bomb at the new SIPToronto trade event. A famous American wine writer liked...
Stratus Red 2022
Tasting Note I have been reviewing Stratus Red since its first vintage in 2001, its longevity making it one of the original premium red...
Fielding Estate Rock Pile Winemaker’s Red 2023
Tasting Note I really like how this invokes serious, exacting Bordeaux-like aromas, then delivers them with Niagara energy and ease, which is Fielding’s style....
Domaine Queylus Droite 2023
Tasting Note Droite, of course, translates as “right” in French, so this signals a Bordeaux blend emulating right bank wines based on merlot and...