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The Kirby Pinot Blanc 2024 presents very cleanly, quite mute still on the nose, with hints of green apple and classy, scented pear flesh. In the mouth, the attack is fresh, frank yet displays some of the roundness and waxiness of Four Mile Creek. Yes, it's Pinot Blanc and not Chardonnay, but please, don’t let’s get hung up on the cépage – on the grape variety! It’s those same Niagara Four-Mile Creek characteristics on display here in a thrilling way, partly due to the natural acidity of the Pinot Blanc. In fact, the change in grape type and the way it expresses the local terroir makes one suddenly wonder if there's more available limestone than perhaps we thought in the soils here, on “the Creek” just outside “Old Town”… Finishes with an elegant glycerine-rich, savoury laciness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eA word from Mary: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eSea-spray nose, waxy honeycomb and rich-textured pear on the palate.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eDrinking prime: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eNow – 2031\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eBest fruit window: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e2027 – 2029 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eCases produced: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e108\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bachelder Niagara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49750823928046,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0256\/0648\/8141\/files\/Bachelder_2024_PinotBlanc_Kirby-EditLR.jpg?v=1791923502"},{"product_id":"2024-bai-xu-chardonnay-vieilles-vignes-1981-planting-vqa-four-mile-creek","title":"2024 Bai Xu Chardonnay | Vieilles Vignes | 1981 Planting, VQA Four Mile Creek","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eWhite and yellow florals intertwined with minerals – that’s the first thing we see right off the first nose! 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There are some light notes of sesame oil, and perfumed musky flowers in there with the perennial petrichor, and, of course, the signature “sea at low tide” smells of Cuesta. But it is also absolutely delicious, classically framed as “limestone Bench” Chardonnay, with notes of apple, lime, lemon and other citrus fruits. This Cuesta 2024 finishes on a pure slatey oyster shell minerality that yes, has some granularity to it. 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Deft, chalky, “grand vin”-rich, with that satisfying salty trademark finish that only the Wingfield Vineyard seems to provide on the Niagara Bench. A second look at the nose reveals yellow apple flesh, greengage and yellow plums, with perhaps a tiny hint of truffled melon. The attack on the mouth is immense, with lip-smacking slate notes, and a saintly salinity. 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The Hill of Wingfield is always pulled from the most hilly bit of the Wingfield Vineyard. This wine just stands apart in the way that the smoothness and the nobility of the floral and fruit elements, the stark, dark mineral elements of the nose, all integrate together. “You have to believe!” You have to believe in terroir. And believe in that slope, the drainage of the soils of that slope, the proximity of that slope to the Niagara Escarpment, the tree line where it gets shaded that little bit longer… All of these things contribute to a truly noble site, a terroir to be venerated…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eA word from Mary: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eA White pepper Nose, laser-focused minerality. 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But more specifically, the ‘Red Clay Barn Block’ of Grimsby Hillside. It is one of the most distinctive Chardonnays I’ve ever had in my whole wine life! The privilege is to try to understand and shepherd these terroir wines here in Niagara… A quiet but compelling nose of lemony apricot-like vanillin… which is astounding given that there is no new oak employed here. Viscous, almost Viognier-like clay texture on the nose…. In the mouth, the wine comes across clean, schisty yet ample, yet with lovely orchard fruit, and a slight, seductive yellow apple note over the trademark oiliness on the finish. As the vines grow older, and as we continue with the organics in this vineyard, we are starting to see a more grandiose, a more synthesized, integrated Red Clay Barn Block of Grimsby Hillside. Utterly unique!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eA word from Mary: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eWhite flower on the nose; Apple compote on the mid-palate.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eDrinking prime: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eNow – 2030\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eBest fruit window: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e2027 – 2028\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eCases produced: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e21\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bachelder Niagara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49752598642926,"sku":null,"price":49.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0256\/0648\/8141\/files\/Bachelder_2024_Chardonnay_RedClayBarnBlock-EditLR.jpg?v=1791929403"},{"product_id":"2024-frontier-block-chardonnay-grimsby-hillside-vineyard-vqa-lincoln-lakeshore","title":"2024 Frontier Block Chardonnay | Grimsby Hillside Vineyard, VQA Lincoln Lakeshore","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eThis Grimsby Hillside Frontier Block has the most integrated nose of everything we love about the Niagara Benchlands. In effect, the benches are terraces that come at different altitudes of the Escarpment. The Frontier Block is so named because it's the last or “La Frontière” vineyard in Niagara before you get into Hamilton's jurisdiction. There’s lemon, of course there's lanolin, there's some slight baking spices, some slight white florals, yellow florals, orchard fruits, combined with complex citrus fruits, minerals, saline hints. It's tight. It's expressive. It's a darker minerality in the mouth, not a bright one! We're definitely feeling dolomitic limestone here, perhaps less salinity and a little more chalkiness. Note that this vineyard is in the Lincoln Lakeshore VQA, and, as such, currently not classifiable as Bench. But we know it is. We'll get there someday…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eA word from Mary: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eLimestone-derived Anis on the mid-palate, white florals deliver perfume \u0026amp; crunchy limestone.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eDrinking prime: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eNow – 2030\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eBest fruit window: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e2023 – 2028\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eCases produced: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e100\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bachelder Niagara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49752599691502,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0256\/0648\/8141\/files\/Bachelder_2024_Chardonnay_FrontierBlock-EditLR.jpg?v=1791929506"},{"product_id":"2024-lowrey-pinot-noir-vieilles-vignes-old-vines-vqa-st-davids-bench","title":"2024 Lowrey Pinot Noir | Vieilles Vignes | Old Vines, VQA St. David's Bench","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eThe Lowrey Vineyard is a touchstone for many people who have followed Niagara and the Niagara Bench over the last few decades. We know it was planted for Karl Kaiser of Inniskillin (by the Lowrey family of Five Rows Craft Winery) – and that the oldest vines go back to 1984 and 1988. Lowrey is planted on the St. David’s Bench, which seems to have a vocation for making beautiful and elegant wines. We have the same scented raspberries – even perfumed sour cherries – as in the Central Bench, but with a lighter tone: raspberries are corrupted here, with an anise-scented fruit character. Is this more chalk and mineral than the Old Eastern Block, or is it merely more palpable because there's just that little bit less weight to mask the minerality? (These, indeed, are late-night questions!)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eA word from Mary: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eBright cranberry. Velvet texture.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eDrinking prime: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eNow – 2034\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eBest fruit window: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e2027 – 2032\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eCases produced: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e191\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bachelder Niagara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49752605491438,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0256\/0648\/8141\/files\/Bachelder_2024_PinotNoir_LowreyLR.jpg?v=1791929780"},{"product_id":"2024-old-eastern-block-pinot-noir-lowrey-vineyard-84-88-cuvee-vqa-st-davids-bench","title":"2024 Old Eastern Block Pinot Noir | Lowrey Vineyard | '84\/'88 Cuvée, VQA St. David's Bench","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eThe Lowrey \u003cstrong\u003eOld Eastern Block \u003c\/strong\u003ePinot Noir 2024 is stunning! The deep red raspberries boast of a crisp black raspberry edge: silky, seductive Morello cherries with a darker middle that reminds one of Hanck on the nose with the same ripe, ripe fruit, with none of the bloodiness. It is all perfume, class, chalky minerality. The mouth has a very mineral attack, and where is the volume of this wine coming from? Delivering grand cru-like weight while clocking in at a mere 12.5% alcohol, and this, from (let’s be honest) a still-globally unknown terroir. The intensity of the chalk-laden raspberry fruit over the hard-candy concentration is a marvel to behold. The finish is long, subtle, deft and, above all, a Burgundian-style red fruit tone that precedes the darker, regal finale. Just lovely: this should live at least a decade and a half.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eA word from Mary: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eRich mid-palate and lovely long finish. Cranberry notes. Delicious.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eDrinking prime: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eNow – 2035\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eBest fruit window: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e2028 – 2034\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eCases produced: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e122\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bachelder Niagara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49752608407790,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0256\/0648\/8141\/files\/Bachelder_2024_PinotNoir_OldEasternBlockLR.jpg?v=1791929865"},{"product_id":"2024-cuesta-pinot-noir-vqa-twenty-mile-bench","title":"2024 Cuesta Pinot Noir, VQA Twenty Mile Bench","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eCuesta has a saline nose, and a sense of savoury fruit that dominates the pure fruitiness of the wine, which it indeed possesses. Fine red fruits mingle with a nice, tinged salinity on the nose. In the mouth, there's a great individuality here: a musky raspberry tone with infectious salinity. This is a ballerina, yes, like all of our Pinots, but it's a rustic ballerina with worn shoes – one that attracts notice through its lack of fear of being different. Saline? Yes! Meaty? Yes! Perfumed? Yes! Rich? Yes! Mineral? Yes! But, with all of that, it has its own edge. It refuses to be anything but itself. It dances. It finishes light, yet long, with a sort of white minerality, a spicy rumminess, and a light salinity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eA word from Mary: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eConfit Raspberry on the nose. Beautiful. Length and strawberry notes on the finish. Crunchy cherry concentrate.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eDrinking prime: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e2029 – 2032\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eBest fruit window: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e2028 – 2030\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eCases produced: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e121\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bachelder Niagara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49752609128686,"sku":null,"price":55.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0256\/0648\/8141\/files\/Bachelder_2024_PinotNoir_CuestaLR.jpg?v=1791929941"},{"product_id":"2024-wismer-parke-pinot-noir-vqa-twenty-mile-bench","title":"2024 Wismer-Parke Pinot Noir, VQA Twenty Mile Bench","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eWismer-Parke is – as usual – a lovely, slightly meaty or gamey thing with tons of classy red and black fruit. Add a little touch of rusticity that ennobles it: this is always a complex wine, never a facile one, rich and saline with a deft edge of class. The colour of this wine dances somewhere between Wismer-Parke’s Wild West End and Hanck, yet this is a wine that's all its own. Perfumed. Elegant. Redolent with red fruits on the nose and in the mouth: classy and elegant. Lots of length on the palate: the firm and deliciously savoury compactness conceals a stony minerality as clear as if it was plucked from a mountain stream. A wine to watch! Perhaps aging nearly as long as both Hanck and Wismer-Parke’s very own Wild West End… Wismer-Parke is a complete, strong-fruited, ageable wine that merits serious contemplation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eA word from Mary: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eEarthy rhubarb nose. Bright mid-palate fruit and long finish.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eDrinking prime: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e2027 – 2034\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eBest fruit window: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e2028 – 2031\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eCases produced: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e146\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bachelder Niagara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49752609718510,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0256\/0648\/8141\/files\/Bachelder_2024_PinotNoir_WismerParkeLR.jpg?v=1791930014"},{"product_id":"2024-wild-west-end-pinot-noir-wismer-parke-vineyard-vqa-twenty-mile-bench","title":"2024 Wild West End Pinot Noir | Wismer-Parke Vineyard, VQA Twenty Mile Bench","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eRight off the first nose, you are saying: “Here we go, it’s the Grand Vin!” A deep cherry colour tending to even deeper black raspberry colours in the glass, this Wismer-Parke Wild West End 2024 has a subtly meaty nose that is hidden underneath loads of fruit. Effusive red fruits dominate: raspberries, cranberries, a touch of rhubarb, a touch of blueberry, a touch of cassis. In the mouth, the volume is stunning: glycerine-laden savoury black licorice and bramble-berry fruit warms and goes on and on and on! It finishes long, surprisingly juicy and saline-mineral with a touch of pencil shavings… The magnesium oxide here imbues a savoury seashore salty finish to this gorgeous wine. Incredible, head-shaking complexity on the interminable finish. Very possibly, this is the terroir of the vintage to lay down! We have never witnessed a Wild West End this complete!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eA word from Mary: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eEarthy notes on the nose. Choke Cherry mid-palate and long finish.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eDrinking prime: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eNow – 2038\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eBest fruit window: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eA delicious peak in 2028 – 2034\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eCases produced: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e99\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bachelder Niagara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49752610734318,"sku":null,"price":85.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0256\/0648\/8141\/files\/Bachelder_2024_PinotNoir_WildWestEndLR.jpg?v=1791930141"},{"product_id":"2024-hanck-pinot-noir-vqa-twenty-mile-bench","title":"2024 Hanck Pinot Noir, VQA Twenty Mile Bench","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eWhere Wismer-Parke’s Wild West End leaves off, Hanck debuts! Just 15 metres to the north, on finer, whiter soils! A wild, switched-on bright cherry colour in the glass follows through on the nose. With a brightly lifted and nuanced deep cherry and fresh raspberry nose and slatey underpinnings, there’s a brightness no other Vineland Bench Pinot Noir I have had possesses. No wonder people get stuck into this wine! There's a slight meatiness that comes through all this fruited complexity. This wine has volume; elegance; acidulated flavours on the surface, deeper, darker flavours underneath. An incredible drag, a length in the mouth that is impressive. This finishes on a salty minerality that portends well for a decade in your cellar. Lovely now: rich and satisfying. Great class! Grand, grand vin!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eA word from Mary: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eLifted nose. An Incredible Dance on the palate of rich fruit, a haunting finish.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eDrinking prime: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eNow – 2036\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eBest fruit window: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e2027 – 2033. 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We sense more freshness here, and a more ageable minerality, even in the bouquet of this wine. In the mouth, the quiet raspberries and rosewater we saw on the nose are curiously more explosive, yet they stay very firm, and coat the palate with layers of deep, excitingly acidic and mineral slatey fruit. This is truly the filet mignon of the Spencer Morgan Pinot Noir Vineyard: it carpets the palate with velour; graphite, and the finish is clear and dark-stone-kissed. Firm, complex, but not overly tannic. Everything seems in harmony here, and yet, we sense the potential for ageability… and it clocks in at just 12.5%. *Magnum Release: December 1, 2026 (just 75 magnums).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eA word from Mary: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003ered and black-fruited Marzipan notes, and beautiful structure in the mid-palate, with a long, chewy finish.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eDrinking prime: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eNow – 2034\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eBest fruit window: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e2027 – 2031\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eCases produced: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e192\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bachelder Niagara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49752612667630,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0256\/0648\/8141\/files\/Bachelder_2024_PinotNoir_spencerMorganNordLR.jpg?v=1791930287"},{"product_id":"2024-spencer-morgan-pinot-noir-la-cote-sud-vqa-twenty-mile-bench","title":"2024 Spencer Morgan Pinot Noir | La Côte Sud, VQA Twenty Mile Bench","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eOn the attack of the ‘Côte Sud’ Spencer Morgan, we see acidulated raspberries and sun-kissed June strawberries. The high elevation of Spencer Morgan – with its cool nights and warm days – has clearly been able to help conserve the bright natural acidity of this beautiful solar vintage. The wine at first seems all red-fruited in the mouth, but on the palate, it tilts towards a bluer-black-fruited wine. As it goes over the gums, there is a lot of drag with some curranty anise – and it holds on and finishes clean with a slatey, rocky mineral acidity and fine-tuned, riper tannins. This will age well, but it is clearly more easily appreciated younger than the Côte Nord. With a little age, some may find they still prefer it to the more ‘majestic’ Côte Nord.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eA word from Mary: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eAn Incredibly-rich mouthfeel in the mid-palate\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e- and a precise, structured finish.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eDrinking prime: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eNow – 2032\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eBest fruit window: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e2027 – 2030\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eCases produced: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e111\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bachelder Niagara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49752613191918,"sku":null,"price":55.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0256\/0648\/8141\/files\/Bachelder_2024_PinotNoir_SpencerMorganSudLR.jpg?v=1791930364"},{"product_id":"2024-saunders-pinot-noir-parcelle-bas-vqa-beamsville-bench","title":"2024 Saunders Pinot Noir | Parcelle 'Bas', VQA Beamsville Bench","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eThe most fine, the most bewitchingly complex Saunders that I can recall: fragrant fruits rise from the glass: small forest strawberries – still warm from the sun – mingle with black raspberries. As in the past, there is perhaps the smallest hint of cassis or blackcurrant, and that is almost totally overrun by the redolent red fruits and delicious Niagara sour cherry fruit. The nose is so stunning: one hesitates to try the wine, preferring to seemingly nose it for hours – but try it we must – imperatively! The wine comes into the mouth with a rich charge of deftly delineated fruit, and this precision continues as it goes over the gums with a long and silky after-palate. Warm and caressing, this silkiest of silky wines has an anise-tinged, saline and savoury finale.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eA word from Mary: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eMarzipan nose and rich comfy raspberries in the mid-palate. 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The gorgeous amplitude of the 2024 vintage shines through from the first taste of the wine: dark-fruited and juicily corrupt, one can sense the sun of that bygone summer, yet the elegance and coolness of the fall in the limestone-infused, slightly rustic tannic finish. 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It's a delicious demonstration of how Niagara's complex glacial history and limestone-rich terroirs find expression through Pinot Noir.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou could visit these sites on a whirlwind driving tour, but why rush? Explore them sequentially, at your own pace, from the comfort of your sofa!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThomas's tasting suggestion:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Each time you pop a cork, pop two! 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