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GRAND RESERVE MERITAGE 2022 VQA Niagara Peninsula
Vintage Assessments Tasting Note Producer JACKSON-TRIGGS
This hefty 2022 edition of this Bordeaux-inspired red (aka Meritage) consists of a new blend of 44% Merlot, 41% Cabernet Franc and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon. It has a fairly deep intense purple colour and has an intense, slightly spicy, ripe, plummy-black-cherry nose with lots of toasty, cedary-vanilla notes. Dry, medium-full bodied, very bright, well structured, intense, ripe, plum-cherry-cassis flavours with some licorice-sandalwood notes on the lingering, cedary finish. Aged for 18 months in French and American oak (28% new) with 100% secondary malolactic fermentation, it has 13.8% alcohol, 2.4 g/L residual sugar and 5.4 g/L total acidity with lot number L240821 on the lower part of the glass bottle meaning that it was bottled on August 21, 2024. CSPC 594002
Type Red Table Wine
Agent Art Can
Country Canada
Region Ontario
Rating ***(90 points)
Cedary, Solid, Plim-Cherry-Cassis
LCBO Text Status Recommended by Vintage Assessments!
TASTING NOTE: Recommend decanting. A density of savoury and plum fruits with a hint of sweet vanilla and blueberry muffin. Dusted fine tannins gives this wine a lovely structure. Score - 94 (International Wine Challenge, 2025) Price $ 29.95
Bottle Size 750 mL
Tasting Date vintages release - February 21, 2026
Cases bought 112 (6 bottles per case)

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