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| CHURCHSIDE PINOT NOIR 2021 VQA Prince Edward County, unfiltered, vegan |
| Vintage Assessments Tasting Note |
Producer |
CLOSSON CHASE |
| Very faintly ambering medium garnet colour. Attractive, bright, intense, gently complex, ripe, plum-black-cherry-cassis nose with some minerally, sandalwood notes. Dry, medium bodied, nicely structured and well balanced with bright, slightly spicy, harmonious, ripe, plum-crancherry-cassis flavours followed up by a lingering, very gently cedary, wild raspberry finish. Quite ready-to-drink but will still improve. Fermented in 60 hL oak tonneau and then aged for 18 months in French oak barrels, 20% new. Full malolactic fermentation in barrel. This unfiltered 100% PEC Pinot Noir has 12.2% and less than 2 g/L residual sugar. Screwcap closure and 550 cases produced.A REPEAT of the recommended 2021 (***) was released on October 7, 2023 at $45. Not retasted. |
CSPC |
265074 |
| Type |
Red Table Wine |
| Agent |
Clo Cha |
| Country |
Canada |
| Region |
Ontario |
| Rating |
***(93 points)
Bright, Well Structured, Ripe |
| LCBO Text |
Status |
Recommended by Vintage Assessments! |
| TASTING NOTE: The 2021 Churchside pinot stays in the vein of savoury, earthy, and dark fruited as it has in previous editions, with a slightly lifted nose and sour fruit edge. The palate shows a combination of raspy tannins and firm acids, giving it a more rustic feel than Closson's South Clos pinot (tasted here side by side), though of course we're still talking PEC and its generally lighter and more delicate pinots. I like the succulence and the saliva-inducing quality; wood is well integrated, though I'd suggest another year in bottle to polish it further. You might call this the more muscular of the pair, vs the greater finesse of the South Clos. Both are excellent. Tasted September 2023. Score - 92 (John Szabo, MS, winealign.com) |
Price |
$ 45.00 |
| Bottle Size |
750 mL |
| Tasting Date |
vintages release - September 21, 2024 |
| Cases bought |
28 (12 bottles per case) |
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Score:
- Not Presented * Below Average
*+ OK
** Good
**+ Excellent
*** Outstanding
***+ Exceptional
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