Niagara Peninsula, Ontario, CanadaA half-year along since I tasted this last, and it continues to impress, even more so now. Domaine Queylus is a collective of a dozen Quebecois wine lovers, who have hired Canadian (and Oregonian and Burgundian) winemaker Thomas Bachelder to make the wines of their domaine. Organically grown Lincoln Lakeshore and Twenty Mile Bench grapes were destemmed without crushing before wild yeast ferment and aging in French oak (1/3 new) for 16-20 months. Pretty and plummy, with perfumed raspberry, silky black cherry, tuckering tannins lining the cheeks, with raspberry leather and worn wood on the palate. Tannins are fine and firmly gritty to a warming, spiced finish. Youthful, this will grow with time. 1900 six-packs produced.Tasted: 20 October 2017Tasted by: Prices:
Niagara Peninsula, Ontario, CanadaA classic pale cherry hue with inviting warm, ripe raspberry flecked with plums, tart cherry, forest floor and worn wood. The grapes from Lincoln Lakeshore and Twenty Mile Bench sub-appellations are grown organically, destemmed without crushing before wild yeast ferment and age in French oak (1/3 new) for 16-20 months. Perfumed raspberry and potpourri spices fills the nose, silky, black cherry fruit the entry while hard-grained wood provides a shell for the fruit. Tannins are fine and firmly gritty to a warming, astringent and highly-spiced finish. Youthful, this lean wine will yield with time. Best now with food. Good value. 1900 six-packs produced.Tasted: 18 May 2017Tasted by: Prices:
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