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| TERROIR CACHÉ 2020 VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment, unfiltered, sustainable |
| Vintage Assessments Tasting Note |
Producer |
HIDDEN BENCH |
| Bright deep intense purple colour. Atractive, intense, faintly spicy, ripe, plummy, cassis-black-cherry purée nose with some mineral-driven, faintly savoury, refined, cedary notes. Dry, medium-full bodied, well structured, harmonious, intense, ripe, plum-cassis-black-cherry flavours with a lingering, bright, cedary, mineral-tinged finish. This 14.6% alcohol new blend of 47% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc and 23% Malbec are all organically grown and aged for 20 months in French oak (35% new, 22% 3rd and 43% neutral). It has under 1 g/L residual sugar and has not been fined and/or filtered meaning that it should age well and even improve over the next decade, especially with its hefty 6.9 g/L total acidity (despite having full secondary fermentation in barrel). It has great mouthfeel and harmony but can still improve over the next decade. Has lot number 2022-08-30 on the lower part of the glass bottle. |
CSPC |
505610 |
| Type |
Red Table Wine |
| Agent |
Mar Ant |
| Country |
Canada |
| Region |
Ontario |
| Rating |
***/***+(94 points)
Intense, Ripe, Complex, Cassis-Crancherry |
| LCBO Text |
Status |
Recommended by Vintage Assessments!
A Best Buy |
| TASTING NOTE: The Terroir Caché is made every vintage at Hidden Bench as a Bordeaux-varietal red blend that is the little sister wine for the top La Brunante made only in vintages the estate feels makes the cut ... It's a blend of all three vineyards - Rosomel, Locust Lane and Felseck Vineyards - consisting of mostly Merlot, with the rest split between Cabernet Franc and Malbec. It's aged in 100% French oak (35% new) and the rest in older barrels for 20 months. What a treat to have two Bordeaux blends from the near perfect 2020 vintage released late for consumers. Both of these wines, says Thiel, are wines that are built to last \"for the ages.\" It has a big, juicy nose of myriad dark berries, compoted red berries, cassis, anise, saddle leather, plums, dried Cuban tobacco and toasted vanilla bean and spice. The pureed red berries come to front on the palate, with dark chocolate, plums, cassis, blueberry pie and anise following behind. The tannins are ripe and structured and the long, echoing finish is lifted by mouthwatering acidity. Do not touch this for five years unless you decant it first and you can cellar to 2039. Score - 93 (Rick VanSickle, winesinniagara.com, June 27, 2024) |
Price |
$ 47.95 |
| Bottle Size |
750 mL |
| Tasting Date |
vintages release - November 30, 2024 |
| Cases bought |
146 (12 bottles per case) |
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Score:
- Not Presented * Below Average
*+ OK
** Good
**+ Excellent
*** Outstanding
***+ Exceptional
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