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| KEW SOLDIER'S GRANT 2016 VQA Niagara Peninsula |
| Vintage Assessments Tasting Note |
Producer |
KEW VINEYARDS |
| Very deep intense purple colour. Attractive, slightly spicy, faintly garrigue-tinged, intense, ripe cherry-plum-licorice-sandalwood nose. Dry, medium-full bodied, spicy, intense, ripe, plum-red-cherry flavours with a very crisp, slightly herbal, lingering, sandalwood-cedar finish. This NEW blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Cabernet Franc and 15% Merlot. Some 15% of the blend was made from dried appassimento-style graps. It has 14% alcohol and 4 g/L residual sugar with a screwcap closure. Only 1,000 cases produced. |
CSPC |
367318 |
| Type |
Red Table Wine |
| Agent |
KEW Vin |
| Country |
Canada |
| Region |
Ontario |
| Rating |
**/**+(88.5 points)
Dense, Ripe, Youthful |
| LCBO Text |
Status |
Recommended by Vintage Assessments!
A Best Buy |
| TASTING NOTE: This 14 barrel blend is composed of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Cabernet Franc and 15% Merlot with 15% of the wine seeing the dried grape process (aka: appassimento) lots of delicious flavours like tobacco, black cherry, red currant and spiced-plum - this could very well be the best Soldier's Grant to date - so stock up. Score - 4 Stars (out of 5) (Michael Pinkus, michaelpinkuswinereview.com, Sept. 20, 2018) |
Price |
$ 19.95 |
| Bottle Size |
750 mL |
| Tasting Date |
vintages release - May 25, 2019 |
| Cases bought |
56 (12 bottles per case) |
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Score:
- Not Presented * Below Average
*+ OK
** Good
**+ Excellent
*** Outstanding
***+ Exceptional
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