The Foreign Affair Winery Temptress 2018

Like that fling you never forgot about

Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot, and Malbec

$89.00

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Black Fruit, Preserved Fruit, and Mineral, Toasted, Sweet Spice, and Leather / Earthy

BODY: Medium +
DRYNESS: Dry
ACIDITY: Medium +
TANNIN: Medium
ALCOHOL (%): High (More than 14%)

Origin: Ontario, Canada

Grape Varietals:
Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot, and Malbec

Winemaking:

Grape Drying, Direct Press, Extended Skin Contact, and Malolactic Fermentation

Maturation: 13-18 Months Oak Barrels

Awards:

WESTERN FOOD PAIRING
Chicken cacciatore, Blackened chicken, Bolognese, Beef Wellington, goat cheese & herb stuffed mushrooms

ASIAN FOOD PAIRING
Paper Wrapped Chicken, Claypot Chicken

Description

The Foreign Affair Winery Temptress 2018

A selection of their best barrels from individual vineyard blocks

Grape Varietals & Region: Cabernet Franc 35%, Cabernet Sauvignon 30%, Merlot 20%, Petit Verdot 10%, Malbec 5%. From Niagara, Canada

Taste Profile: It has a powerful bouquet with aromas of ripe black cherry, blackberry, cassis, blackcurrant, vanilla bean, leather, cigar tobacco, sandalwood, mocha and dried plum. The palate is bold and elegant with flavours of ripe cherry, plum, blackberry preserve, black pepper and dried currants.

Winemaking Process: 25% Appassimento. The grapes were harvested, with a portion set aside to dry for 100 days. After pressing and fermentation the wine was aged in French and American oak barrels for 20 months. The best barrels from our individual vineyard blocks are chosen for the Temptress blend. This wine is tasting exceedingly well now, but will continue to evolve in your cellar through to the year 2026.

Shouldered & Powerful Reds

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

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