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| WILDASS RED 2014 VQA Niagara-on-the-Lake |
| Vintage Assessments Tasting Note |
Producer |
STRATUS |
| Extremely deep purple red colour. Slightly spicy, ripe crancherry-plum nose with some faintly herbal hints of sandalwood. Dry, medium bodied, quite well structured, slightly spicy, youthful, tangy, faintly tart, cherry-plum flavours with a lingering, gently cedary, high acid finish. Has 13.4% alcohol and 8 g/L residual sugar with a screwcap closure. Not quite up to the recommended best buy 2013 (**/**+) released on August 5, 2017 at $19.95. TONY ASPLER / 89-points / BEST BUY - Spicy, cedary nose of plums with a note of graphite; medium to full-bodied, dry, well-balanced plum and cherry flavours with well-integrated oak. |
CSPC |
86363 |
| Type |
Red Table Wine |
| Agent |
Str Vin |
| Country |
Canada |
| Region |
Ontario |
| Rating |
**/**+(88.5 points)
Tangy, Cedary, Spicy |
| LCBO Text |
Status |
Recommended by Vintage Assessments! |
| \"Wildass, with its donkey logo and Wild West typeface, is the casual brand made at Stratus, a high-end winery in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Stratus winemaker J-L Groux, a native of France's Loire Valley, is a master blender who's crafting mould-breaking cuvées\" (Beppi Crosariol, The Globe and Mail, Jan. 9, 2013). Wildass Red combines a whack of different red wine grapes each vintage, but it's consistently fruit-forward, bright and savoury with easygoing tannins. Pair with burritos or free-range-beef burgers. |
Price |
$ 19.95 |
| Bottle Size |
750 mL |
| Tasting Date |
vintages release - December 9, 2017 |
| Cases bought |
279 (12 bottles per case) |
Check LCBO Availability |
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Score:
- Not Presented * Below Average
*+ OK
** Good
**+ Excellent
*** Outstanding
***+ Exceptional
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