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| LAKEVIEW CELLARS RESERVE BACO NOIR 2017 VQA Niagara Peninsula |
| Vintage Assessments Tasting Note |
Producer |
LAKEVIEW CELLARS |
| Shockingly tasty. Who would have thought that this Baco Noir Reserve - an ancient French hybrid - would out-perform some recently-tasted, classy, European reds commanding up to twice the price. Of course, very few Baco Noir are this good. This 2017 surpassed all expectations - it's rich, ripe, complex and well structured. The genuine purity of Baco Noir fruit is what excites me. To take advantage of all the flavours, I switched to the ultra large Riedel Red 001 glass which is equivalent to 6 ISO glasses. Visually, it has an extremely deep intense dark purple colour. There’s an abundance of ripe, woodsy, plummy-raspberry fruit on the nose along with lots of mineral-tinged, cedar-sandalwood notes. Dry, medium-full bodied, very bright, intense, ripe, complex, plummy-crancherry-cassis flavours with a lingering, mouthfilling, cedary finish. It has 13% alcohol and 8 g/L residual sugar which cannot be detected due to the hefty 7.7 g/L total acidity. Winemaker Scott McGregor opted for full malolatic followed by aging on light lees for 6 months and then 22 months in a mix of ultra-premium Trust Cooperage American oak barrels. Its screwcap closure ensures slow aging - keeping it alive for years to come. This HIGHLIGHT is showing well now and should still evolve over the next few years. Under 400 cases were produced. |
CSPC |
347310 |
| Type |
Red Table Wine |
| Agent |
Tra Bev |
| Country |
Canada |
| Region |
Ontario |
| Rating |
***(91 points)
Intense, Rich, Ripe, Solid, Cedary |
| LCBO Text |
Status |
Recommended by Vintage Assessments!
A Best Buy |
| TASTING NOTE: Baco Noir is a hybrid grape developed in 1894 by François Baco, who was working to create phylloxera-resistant vines for use in French vineyards. It has proven a great fit here and is now very nearly an exclusively Ontario product. This one has strawberry and cherry notes with leather, smoke and spice. It's a great wine for barbecued fare or beef stews. |
Price |
$ 19.95 |
| Bottle Size |
750 mL |
| Tasting Date |
vintages release - February 5, 2022 |
| Cases bought |
55 (12 bottles per case) |
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Score:
- Not Presented * Below Average
*+ OK
** Good
**+ Excellent
*** Outstanding
***+ Exceptional
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