Black Fruit and Pepper / Spice, Sweet Spice, Leather / Earthy, and Toasted
BODY: Medium +
DRYNESS: Dry
ACIDITY: Medium +
TANNIN: Medium
ALCOHOL (%): High (More than 14%)
Origin: Ontario, Canada
Grape Varietals:
Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Cabernet Franc
Winemaking:
Conventional Winemaking
Passito Wines
Maturation: 19-24 Months Oak Barrels
Awards:
WESTERN FOOD PAIRING
Smash burgers, Philly Cheesesteak, Kebabs
ASIAN FOOD PAIRING
Chicken Tikka, Murtabak, Claypot Chicken
The wine is labelled as dream, representing a dream fulfilled, in terms of starting a Canadian Appassimento based winery
Grape Varietals & Regions: Merlot 48% , Cabernet Sauvignon 38% , Cabernet Franc 16%. Made from vineyards across Niagara, Canada.
Taste Profile: Aromas of baking spice, black fruit & cedar leap out of the glass. With the palate bursting with ripe fruit like blackberry & forest floor. You will be delighted to find firm structure and a dry finish on this wine.
Winemaking Procees: The wine was aged in French and American oak barrels for 19 months, with about 17% of the grapes going through appassimento drying.
Powerful modern reds with the ability to age. They tend to be very intense, with ripe fruit, firm tannins & drinkability either young or cellared.
They often have notes of forest floor, blackcurrant, mint & eucalyptus
Passito wines is the use of dried grapes to make wines. The main difference from late harvest is that these wines are often picked when ripe & dried after picking, and can be dried to different levels of moisture. A practice made popular by Italy, it has been adopted in various other regions
WINES FROM UNIQUE REGIONS & BOUTIQUE WINERIES
Founded in 2019, we were bored with the typical Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Chardonnay, Amarone & Moscato offerings at most bars & restaurants, and were inspired to dive deeper into the wine world!
