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| MARSANNE 2020 VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment |
| Vintage Assessments Tasting Note |
Producer |
KEW |
| NOW AVAILABLE with more coming before Easter. A REPEAT of the 2020 that was released on September 7, 2024. This classy Rhone-inspired new blend of 95% Marsanne, 3% Viognier and now 2% Pinot Gris has a bright medium straw colour and an attractive nose that's slightly spicy, faintly toasty and quite complex with ripe, citrus-tinged, lemon-apple meringue fruit. Dry, medium bodied, harmonious and surprisingly well structured with ripe, lemon-apple-citrusy flavours followed up by a lingering, minerally finish. Versatile and ready-to-drink - great with oysters, seafood and poultry. It has a hefty 14% alcohol, 3.4 g/L residual sugar and 5.8 g/L total acidity with lot number 2021-09-30 on the lower part of the glass bottle. Ten months of extended lees aging in previously-used French 500 litre oak explains the excellent silky mouthfeel. Only 1,022 cases made, it includes vines originally introduced by Kew’s award-winning winemaker Philip Dowell who made this 2020. Screwcap closure. |
CSPC |
485334 |
| Type |
White Table Wine |
| Agent |
Art Can |
| Country |
Canada |
| Region |
Ontario |
| Rating |
***(91 points)
Ripe, Well Structured, Harmonious |
| LCBO Text |
Status |
Recommended by Vintage Assessments!
A Best Buy |
| TASTING NOTE: Marsanne is a variety from the south of France that is a bit of an anomaly in Niagara, but it has survived the vagaries of humidity and winters quite well, to provide us with this nifty example. It captures the exotic, lifted lemon-orange, herbal/minty notions of the grape very well, with a sort of marmalade sweetness and bitterness. It is medium-full bodied, a touch sweet, but balanced by alcohol warmth and bitterness. The length is excellent. This is a total surprise, and at $20 well worth a try. Last tasted Sept 2024. Score - 92 (David Lawrason, winealign.com) |
Price |
$ 19.95 |
| Bottle Size |
750 mL |
| Tasting Date |
vintages release - April 26, 2025 |
| Cases bought |
96 (12 bottles per case) |
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Score:
- Not Presented * Below Average
*+ OK
** Good
**+ Excellent
*** Outstanding
***+ Exceptional
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