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| GAMAY 2023 VQA West Niagara, Niagara Peninsula, sustainable, unfiltered |
| Vintage Assessments Tasting Note |
Producer |
HIDDEN BENCH |
| This REPEAT has a bright deep violet-red colour. Slightly spicy, complex and gently earthy with fairly intense, ripe, plum-raspberry-crancherry fruit and lots of minerally gently cedary notes. Dry, medium plus bodied, quite well structured, with vibrant, ripe, plum-crancherry-raspberry flavours followed up by a lingering, very bright, minerally, faintly cedary finish. Unfined and unfiltered, it has 13.2% alcohol and under 1 g/L residual sugar. This new batch was bottled on February 2, 2026 (L2026-02-02) vs April 10, 2025 (L2025-04-10) for the previous release. |
CSPC |
20422 |
| Type |
Red Table Wine |
| Agent |
Mar Ant |
| Country |
Canada |
| Region |
Ontario |
| Rating |
***(91.5 points)
Intense, Bright, Ripe Raspberry |
| LCBO Text |
Status |
Recommended by Vintage Assessments |
| TASTING NOTE: The Gamay grapes were sourced from the estate's vineyards in the Lincoln Lakeshore (contracted by Hidden Bench, farmed and planted to organic fruit in 2013) and Beamsville Bench sub-appellations. It's aged in 100% French barriques (10% new) for nine months. This is a more serious, complex style of Gamay than what you usually see in Niagara with a fruit-laden nose of purple plums, raspberries, violets, cranberries, brambly/earthy notes and just a hint of spiciness. It shows some texture on the palate and light tannins with a melange of red berries, plum pudding, savory/earthy notes, integrated spice and mouth-watering acidity on a lifted finish. Can cellar this through 2031. Score - 92 (Rick VanSickle, winesinniagara.com, Dec. 10, 2025) |
Price |
$ 29.95 |
| Bottle Size |
750 mL |
| Tasting Date |
vintages release - April 11, 2026 |
| 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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