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Warren Pinot Noir | Saunders Parcelle ‘Bas’, VQA Beamsville Bench\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e4\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e packs (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 12-packs, 2 6-packs)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Single Vineyards Chardonnay Pack | \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e \u003cspan lang=\"FR-CA\"\u003eLes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"FR-CA\"\u003e parcellaires : Chardonnay 2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll the Single Vineyards Pinot Noir Pack | Les parcellaires : Pinot Noir 2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Bench-y Terroirs Chardonnay 6-pack | 6 Terroirs sélectionnés : Chardonnay \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSelect Terroirs Pinot Noir 6-pack | 6 Terroirs sélectionnés : Pinot Noir\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"2023-kirby-pinot-blanc-vieilles-vignes-old-vines-vqa-four-mile-creek","title":"2023 Kirby Pinot Blanc | Vieilles Vignes | Old Vines, VQA Niagara Lakeshore","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePear-drop candy overtones of classic Pinot Blanc, a clear ‘rain on the cement’ minerality, and a lime and lychee nose reminiscent of a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eGewürztraminer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e spiciness. Refined, classy, clear fruit tones inhabit our first Niagara Lakeshore VQA white wine ever! Although Kirby Vineyard is right on Four Mile Creek itself, with the sandy soils of the old Creek banks, it is curiously \u003cb\u003enot \u003c\/b\u003ein the Four Mile Creek VQA, but just barely tucked into the Niagara Lakeshore sub-appellation! There is a luxurious richness to this Kirby older vine Pinot Blanc that will surprise and delight!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Word from Mary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: Like a pear drop candy on the nose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOnly 99 cases made.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bachelder Niagara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47111970947310,"sku":null,"price":39.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0256\/0648\/8141\/files\/2690A1D6-3499-4602-8816-6595D54294F1_5c1bdfa9-f354-4846-a24d-6a3f0f1588c3.jpg?v=1776104649"},{"product_id":"2023-bator-chardonnay-vqa-four-mile-creek","title":"2023 Bator Chardonnay, VQA Four Mile Creek","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘A Silent Vineyard.’ All three varieties have now been pulled out. Bator Vineyard is now once again just a field. This Chardonnay is thus \u003ci\u003ethe last one ever\u003c\/i\u003e and is the one to watch of all the Bator Chardonnays we've made. Slate and stone; perfumed glycerin. An unusual tight lactone minerality. There's great, clear purity here: Niagara-on-the-Lake white peaches are overlaid with fresh lemons. An incredible mineral-tinged, long finish.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ca name=\"_Hlk212020742\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Word from Mary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: There's a beautiful purity about this: pear nectar-scented wine, and not at all cloying.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOnly 20 cases made.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bachelder Niagara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47112018198766,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0256\/0648\/8141\/files\/Bachelder_2023_Chardonnay_Bator.jpg?v=1761344886"},{"product_id":"2023-willms-chardonnay-vieilles-vignes-1983-planting-vqa-four-mile-creek","title":"2023 Willms Chardonnay | Vieilles Vignes | 1983 Planting, VQA Four Mile Creek","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat a terrific terroir-defining vintage 2023 was! This version of Willms Chardonnay has an attractive, white peach and pear nectar-like feel. A waxy, grandiose Niagara-on-the-Lake fruit vibe on the nose follows with a deeper mid-palate. The long, warm finish makes this a Willms to be reckoned with. The finish is mineral sandy stone with a broader Lakeside feel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA word from Mary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: Creme brulée; warm peach cobbler.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOnly 44 cases made.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bachelder Niagara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47115843797230,"sku":null,"price":49.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0256\/0648\/8141\/files\/2690A1D6-3499-4602-8816-6595D54294F1_5c1bdfa9-f354-4846-a24d-6a3f0f1588c3.jpg?v=1776104649"},{"product_id":"2023-bai-xu-chardonnay-vieilles-vignes-1981-planting-vqa-four-mile-creek","title":"2023 Bai Xu Chardonnay | Vieilles Vignes | 1981 Planting, VQA Four Mile Creek","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is a tighter and lovelier Bai Xu than we typically see. The nose abounds with lychee and apricot flavours, accompanied by the usual fruity muskiness. Complex and rich, reminiscent of a spicy peach crumble, but this wine is not at all sweet! The flavours of Niagara-on-the Lake, yes! But the old vines and Lacustrine clay bring a minerality to the sandstone flavours on the finish.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA word from Mary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: Apricot confit follows from the mid-palate out to the finale. But the lychee nose stuns and surprises.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOnly 46 cases made.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bachelder Niagara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47115845632238,"sku":null,"price":49.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0256\/0648\/8141\/files\/Bachelder_2023_Chardonnay_BaiXu.jpg?v=1761360942"},{"product_id":"2023-werner-york-chardonnay-vqa-st-david-s-bench","title":"2023 Werner-York Chardonnay, VQA St. David’s Bench","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Werner-York Vineyard is a long stone's throw from the Lowrey Vineyard that we \u003ci\u003eso\u003c\/i\u003e prize for Pinot Noir. It, too, is on the Saint David’s Bench. The Werner-York Vineyard, thus, like Lowrey, makes wine that is lacy, chalky, and indescribably elegant – one in Pinot Noir, this one in Chardonnay! There’s a hint of pear on the nose mingling with crustacean seaside notes that seem more elegant, perhaps, than the peach flavours normally emanating from Niagara-on-the-Lake. And let's not forget the limestone vocation of the St. David’s Bench. It really shines through from the nose to the finish.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA word from Mary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: Delivers the unique terroir of St. David’s Bench – different from the Vineland bench, but just as interesting!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e119 cases made.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bachelder Niagara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47115846123758,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0256\/0648\/8141\/files\/2690A1D6-3499-4602-8816-6595D54294F1_5c1bdfa9-f354-4846-a24d-6a3f0f1588c3.jpg?v=1776104649"},{"product_id":"2023-cuesta-chardonnay-far-east-man-vqa-twenty-mile-bench","title":"2023 Cuesta Chardonnay | Far East, Man!, VQA Twenty Mile Bench","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe nose is enigmatic: a dark petrichor or dusty-slatey-mineral-stone-becomes-lemon confit. Cuesta really resembles Wismer-Foxcroft, with a darker minerality and perhaps a more focused mouthfeel, with some dusty saline notes, and an inviting sea salinity. All the focus, but just a little more voluptuous in 2023. What's not to love?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA word from Mary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: Marzipan and lemon confit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e118 cases made.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bachelder Niagara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47115846222062,"sku":null,"price":49.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0256\/0648\/8141\/files\/Bachelder_2023_Chardonnay_Cuesta.jpg?v=1761361160"},{"product_id":"2023-wismer-foxcroft-chardonnay-parcelle-nord-vqa-twenty-mile-bench","title":"2023 Wismer-Foxcroft Chardonnay | Parcelle ‘Nord’, VQA Twenty Mile Bench","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe most classic ‘Fox’ nose possible: it should be trademarked! SO glad we isolated this northern part of the hill way back in 2013! This version of Foxcroft is all lemon peel stoniness. Elevated; long and endlessly exciting, green lime and stony sea spray, so true to itself! Pristine, glacial, firm stone on the finish.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA word from Mary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: Lemon zest encrusted with Maldon salt.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e198 cases made.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bachelder Niagara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47115847074030,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0256\/0648\/8141\/files\/Bachelder_2023_Chardonnay_WismerFoxcroft.jpg?v=1761361365"},{"product_id":"2023-wismer-wingfield-chardonnay-vqa-twenty-mile-bench","title":"2023 Wismer-Wingfield Chardonnay, VQA Twenty Mile Bench","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSuch startling purity that it shocked me and brought a tear to my eye! Wine can stir emotions. Lemons on crunchy chalk and lemon drop acidity. Low tide smells with a nice volume of fruit – incredibly rich, yet taut. Chalky mouthfeel, a mineral precision. This is the jive! Wow! A grainy mineral finish. A taut clothesline of a wine. A shocking, nervous electric minerality – this will age for a long, long time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA word from Mary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: Chiselled!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e272 cases made.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bachelder Niagara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47115847237870,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0256\/0648\/8141\/files\/Bachelder_2023_Chardonnay_WismerWingfield.jpg?v=1761361526"},{"product_id":"2023-hill-of-wingfield-chardonnay-wismer-wingfield-vineyard-vqa-twenty-mile-bench","title":"2023 Hill of Wingfield Chardonnay | Wismer-Wingfield Vineyard, VQA Twenty Mile Bench","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe \u003cb\u003eHill of\u003c\/b\u003e (Wismer) \u003cb\u003eWingfield, \u003c\/b\u003eour micro-selection of the steepest part, always makes me reflect: “Does the Emperor have clothes?” I say: “Yes!”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen you come to the nose, there's an unusual purity here. It's almost magnetic. The nose is hidden, almost imperceptible, with a faint top note of anis-scented seaside minerals. Done with a careful use of wood, the slate and limestone is so long, focussed and stony, yet, for the moment, there's a hint of clove and truffle notes on the long finale. And, as we have seen the startling longevity of past Wingfields, we must look to the future with faith. Cellarable!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA word from Mary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:  Hint of lemon and white pepper nose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e158 cases made.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bachelder Niagara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47115847663854,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0256\/0648\/8141\/files\/Bachelder_2023_Chardonnay_HillofWingfield.jpg?v=1761361651"},{"product_id":"2023-spencer-morgan-chardonnay-gravel-road-vqa-twenty-mile-bench","title":"2023 Spencer Morgan Chardonnay | Gravel Road, VQA Twenty Mile Bench","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis Spencer Morgan is called Gravel Road because it is surrounded by a couple of gravel roads that are just below the Pinot Noir block. A fine-filigreed, mineral nose of muted pears and quince: people don't talk about quince very often, but it’s a \u003ci\u003ething\u003c\/i\u003e, and those flavours are there, the white flower and citrus apple fruit flavours. With a slight reduction that gives great tension, there are some sweet fennel-like notes to the fruit: ‘Tilleul’ or Linden honey. This is a complex, mineral wine that's going to live a long time. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Word from Mary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: Delicate white flowers on the nose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOnly 22 cases made.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bachelder Niagara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47115848941806,"sku":null,"price":49.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0256\/0648\/8141\/files\/Bachelder_2023_Chardonnay_SpencerMorgan.jpg?v=1761361770"},{"product_id":"2023-mio-chardonnay-vqa-lincoln-lakeshore","title":"2023 Mio Chardonnay, VQA Lincoln Lakeshore","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMio Vineyard is a little closer to the lake, with soils just a little deeper than those typically found on the Bench. Yet the magic is that it possesses some of the Bench minerality because of Father Time’s way of eroding and washing down minerals – and those vineyards closest to the Bench benefit! This Mio has a seductive nose of white peach florals, overlaid with sea spray, and a really lip-smacking acidity in the mouth, a lightness of being and therefore a defining Mio! There is an intriguing, sharper, greener, almost oregano-like minerality here. It's totally dry. However, I can almost taste the burnt sugar peaks of meringue on a lemon pie.  Complex?\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cu\u003e \u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eYeah!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA word from Mary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: Lemon sherbet. With lanolin.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOnly 45 cases made.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bachelder Niagara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47115870306542,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0256\/0648\/8141\/files\/Bachelder_2023_Chardonnay_Mio.jpg?v=1761363508"},{"product_id":"2023-ivy-warren-chardonnay-saunders-parcelle-haut-vqa-beamsville-bench","title":"2023 Ivy \u0026 Warren Chardonnay | Saunders Parcelle ‘Haut’, VQA Beamsville Bench","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe selected the Saunders ‘Haut’ parcel in 2013\/2014. Then we looked at another block just above it called Saunders South. And we also made wines from a block below it called Saunders ‘Bas,’ which is adjacent to our Pinot Noir parcel. But more on that later! The 2023 vintage gave us a focused nose and a mellow kind of green plum, citrus-fruited, briny character, along with tight thiol-derived fruit and savoury mineral notes through the rich mid-palate. Focused mineral. This needs time!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA word from Mary:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Lovely oregano notes on the nose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOnly 68 cases made.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bachelder Niagara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47115881906414,"sku":null,"price":49.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0256\/0648\/8141\/files\/Bachelder_2023_Chardonnay_Ivy_Warren.jpg?v=1761363694"},{"product_id":"2023-red-clay-barn-block-chardonnay-grimsby-hillside-vineyard-vqa-lincoln-lakeshore","title":"2023 Red Clay Barn Block Chardonnay | Grimsby Hillside Vineyard, VQA Lincoln Lakeshore","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Red Clay Barn Block of organically grown Chardonnay surprises and delights in the stellar white wine vintage that is 2023! With bright yellow and green plums on the fruited nose, and there's a surprisingly musky peach character that accompanies the trademarked lovely texture of the Red Clay Barn Block. It does feel like clay, but it finishes more mineral than one might think. The proximity of the Lakeshore and rich clays in this vineyard give us textures that resemble those of Niagara-on-the-Lake, yet with a stunningly rich, lively mineral tonality from the chalk in the soils.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA word from Mary: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBright and rich \u003ci\u003e‘Minéralité‘ \u003c\/i\u003eon the nose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOnly 44 cases made.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bachelder Niagara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47116920324334,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0256\/0648\/8141\/files\/Bachelder_2023_Chardonnay_RedClayBarnBlock.jpg?v=1761410207"},{"product_id":"2023-frontier-block-chardonnay-grimsby-hillside-vineyard-vqa-lincoln-lakeshore","title":"2023 Frontier Block Chardonnay | Grimsby Hillside Vineyard, VQA Lincoln Lakeshore","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Grimsby Hillside Vineyard (which is just west of Cline Mountain Road) doesn't benefit from the protected amphitheatre-like Hills of Vineland and Jordan. So the prevailing southwest winds whip across this property, keeping it cool. And all the chalky, dolomitic limestone underneath the vineyard keeps it mineral. So, can one actually smell chalk? I wonder – but I can tell you that there is a honeyed minerality on the nose, with Ribolla Gialla-like fruit! And, of course, a classic oyster shell brine top note, with sweet yellow flowers and delicate yellow plum and pear, apple fruit in the mouth. It's gentle, and the long finish goes out with a peachy mineral texture and a savoury, gentle salinity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA word from Mary: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTaut lemons and yellow plums. Delivers abundantly!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOnly 86 cases made.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bachelder Niagara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47116930973934,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0256\/0648\/8141\/files\/Bachelder_2023_Chardonnay_FrontierBlock.jpg?v=1761410395"},{"product_id":"2023-bator-pinot-noir-vqa-four-mile-creek","title":"2023 Bator Pinot Noir, VQA Four Mile Creek","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmazing, deep, dark cherry and raspberry fruit notes are echoed on the tight palate, with some slatey terroir that feels uncannily like limestone, or at least slate and clay! An impenetrable and clean big cherry nose. It's the same kind of tannic structure we see on the Bator Gamay Noir. It's a wine that kisses you with a delicious warm embrace, and the proof that Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Four Mile Creek VQA, indeed, has a proper, ripe Pinot vocation! Yes, spiciness, but no hint of wood. Richer and rounder than Bench wines, and I love the darker, spicier raspberries that finish deep, rich, and slightly tannic. That makes for a lovely sipping or ageing wine. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA word from Mary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: Au revoir but not goodbye…\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOnly 38 cases made.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bachelder Niagara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47116981960942,"sku":null,"price":55.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0256\/0648\/8141\/files\/Bachelder_2023_PinotNoir_Bator.jpg?v=1761411348"},{"product_id":"2023-lowrey-pinot-noir-vieilles-vignes-old-vines-vqa-twenty-mile-bench","title":"2023 Lowrey Pinot Noir | Vieilles Vignes | Old Vines, VQA St. David's Bench","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePerfumed, sweet red raspberries, whereas Lowrey’s Old Eastern Block (below) has black raspberries. One senses that this Lowrey may be ready sooner than the Old Eastern Block, but make no mistake: there is a solid limestone chalk here. In fact, this Lowrey ‘Old Vines’ will age and morph on its chalkiness alone. Delicious! There is no greenness here, just solid, tight, black-peppery clay-chalky fruit. The tension from the higher acid and perfumed chalky message of the Lowry Vineyard is here. Bright raspberries flirt with cranberries and rhubarb. A slight kiss of integrated oak barrel. But really, this is all scintillating, textured, delicious red fruit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA word from Mary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: Ballerina does it again!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e176 cases made.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bachelder Niagara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47118664302830,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0256\/0648\/8141\/files\/Bachelder_2023_PinotNoir_Lowrey.jpg?v=1761450262"},{"product_id":"2023-old-eastern-block-84-88-cuvee-lowrey-vineyard-vqa-st-david-s-bench","title":"2023 Old Eastern Block | ‘84\/’88 Cuvee | Lowrey Vineyard, VQA St. David’s Bench","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is hard for me to imagine a more perfect, evocative Lowry from the Old Eastern Block. Deep black raspberries, and a bit of super-ripe little forest strawberries deepen the finish. This wine has a great intensity of chalk, licorice, with deep black raspberry and slate on the finish. Over an otherwise red-fruited wine: in the mouth, there’s a pure taut line of fruit and terroir. Almost umami. Deep and long, old vines and deep roots meet limestone. Hence, there is an electric line of chalk, so polished and refined, but big enough to stand up to ‘La Grande Cuisine.’ Always an honour to work with these vines. An equal honour to taste these chalk-laden, cherried raspberries. Good now, better in eight years! Wow!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA word from Mary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: This is a master class in wine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e118 cases made.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bachelder Niagara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47118722269422,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0256\/0648\/8141\/files\/Bachelder_2023_PinotNoir_OldEasternBlock.jpg?v=1761450896"},{"product_id":"2023-cuesta-pinot-noir-vqa-twenty-mile-bench","title":"2023 Cuesta Pinot Noir, VQA Twenty Mile Bench","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter you come out of the hollow between Jordan and Vineland – the very hollow that delineates the Twenty Mile Creek after which the famous Twenty Mile Bench VQA Sub-appellation was derived – Cuesta is your first vineyard up on the Bench to your left. You can smell the saline seashore crustaceans here. A lovely nose of red-fruited berries. Very direct. Red raspberries and a flinty sea spray lead to a fruity, stony finish that is crunchy–stony more than fruity, at least at the moment! What a marvel! Great varietal correctness, with some cranberries and grapefruit pith citrus nuances. Lovely and long. Will get better for at least five years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA word from Mary:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e A beauty makes a stunning second début on the Bench!\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOnly 48 cases made.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bachelder Niagara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47118789312750,"sku":null,"price":55.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0256\/0648\/8141\/files\/Bachelder_2023_PinotNoir_Cuesta.jpg?v=1761451487"},{"product_id":"2023-wismer-parke-pinot-noir-vqa-twenty-mile-bench","title":"2023 Wild West End Pinot Noir | Wismer-Parke Vineyard, VQA Twenty Mile Bench","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlanted to an unknown clone, and grown on reddish, magnesium oxide-influenced soils, it offers up bright pomegranate and spicy rhubarb, luscious red raspberries over an amaro blueberry mid-palate. Bracing, with some wildness, and an almost Campari finish! It is a classy, elegant blueberry and tight-fruited meaty wildness. I love the roasted cool blue fruit flavours. And this super dark slatey finish. It has an evocative nose of small forest strawberries and raspberries. Umami-anise and an elegant wild mid-palate make for a majestic wine. Acidulated fruits like raspberries with glorious glycerine on the finish, wine from red-coloured earth. The magnesium oxide here imbues a savoury seashore salty finish to this gorgeous wine. Age this for at least another five years. It will improve that long and more.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA word from Mary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: Cranberry orange peel. Amaro Campari, a herbal finish. Cranberry;, blackberry, rhubarb; rose petal. That's more than ONE Word from Mary :) But hey. a complex wine is a complex wine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnother word from Mary: \u003cb\u003eTakes this Vineyard to the next level\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOnly 71 cases made.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bachelder Niagara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47118821916910,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0256\/0648\/8141\/files\/Bachelder_2023_PinotNoir_WildWestEnd.jpg?v=1761452014"},{"product_id":"2023-wismer-parke-pinot-noir-vqa-twenty-mile-bench-1","title":"2023 Wismer-Parke Pinot Noir, VQA Twenty Mile Bench","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWismer-Parke is one of the most original crus on the Vineland Bench. It is adjacent to Wismer-Parke’s ‘Wild West End,’ and facing the Hanck vineyard! Perhaps the finest Wiz-Parke we have yet dreamed into existence! A subtle, savoury, salty seaside feel with strawberries and other mixed red berries. The uniqueness of the dark, brooding, slightly herbal mouthfeel is palpable, with minty raspberries mingling in a supple saline, mineral, slatey finish. There is some slight bitterness on the finish, as well. The spice of the wood feeds into the deep umami woodsy complexity. Intense blueberries and raspberries. Perhaps the reduction from the soil is what offers us that sweet curl of rich cherry fruit with a slate and rust finish and faint notes of lavender and thyme.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA word from Mary:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Rhubarb.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eAlways my little Vampire.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e142  cases made.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bachelder Niagara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47118884503790,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0256\/0648\/8141\/files\/Bachelder_2023_PinotNoir_WismerParke_54ed3e13-cd83-498a-87df-e4a1901f6fdb.jpg?v=1761452427"},{"product_id":"2023-hanck-pinot-noir-vqa-twenty-mile-bench","title":"2023 Hanck Pinot Noir, VQA Twenty Mile Bench","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAcross the headland, just 20 metres north of the Wismer-Parke \u003cu\u003eWild West End,\u003c\/u\u003e lies the Hanck Vineyard, on demonstrably whiter soil. Here, we still taste the signature meaty flavours of the Vineland Bench, but in a much more approachable, sophisticated, regal way. Hanck is one of the most unique terroirs in all of Niagara! It possesses a class and elegance of black raspberries and black cherry,  minty-edged rose petal intensity, and a very fine forest floor raspberry finesse. Regal with just a touch of red meatiness; this has a real salty minerality, and a spiced anise finish! Grand Vin! Very long, and long in finesse as well.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA word from Mary:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Rose petals and a blackberry minty eucalyptus slatey finish.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eOnly 92 cases made.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bachelder Niagara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47119093956846,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0256\/0648\/8141\/files\/Bachelder_2023_PinotNoir_Hanck.jpg?v=1761454159"},{"product_id":"2023-spencer-morgan-pinot-noir-la-cote-vqa-twenty-mile-bench","title":"2023 Spencer Morgan Pinot Noir | 'La Côte', VQA Twenty Mile Bench","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn enticing, slightly corrupt nose of kirsch-like raspberries with an intriguing, delicious anise edge. It has a cherried, silky-sweet, stunningly suave mid-palate. Just gorgeous and seductive. I almost never think of minerality alone when I taste this vineyard, but of a lovely complex juiciness and a pleasing slatey firm mineral finish. Lovely, clean, morello cherry-forest strawberry flavours lead on to the tight cherry pit finish. Is this a simpler terroir than the lower bench? Or just more suave?  Over to you!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA word from Mary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: Rosewater. Sprightly, light minerality.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e187 cases made.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bachelder Niagara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47119134228718,"sku":null,"price":55.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0256\/0648\/8141\/files\/Bachelder_2023_PinotNoir_SpencerMorgan.jpg?v=1761454503"},{"product_id":"2023-ivy-warren-pinot-noir-saunders-parcelle-bas-vqa-beamsville-bench","title":"2023 Ivy \u0026 Warren Pinot Noir | Saunders Parcelle ‘Bas’, VQA Beamsville Bench","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLovely, scented deep red currant, red plum and watermelon. It is ever so slightly pleasantly herbal, reminiscent of certain Pinot Noirs from New Zealand. A rich and spicy mouthfeel, despite the absence of new oak. In this way, it is also akin to the Bator, with a crunchy limestone and spicy cherry finish. A wild nose of strawberries and violets, red currants and raspberries with a minty edge. The purity of this nose leads to a rich, warm, inviting and comfortable mid-palate, with a rich, long, slightly spicy finish.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA word from Mary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e : Violets and rhubarb. A warm spiciness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eOnly 42 cases made.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bachelder Niagara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47119191015662,"sku":null,"price":55.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0256\/0648\/8141\/files\/2690A1D6-3499-4602-8816-6595D54294F1_5c1bdfa9-f354-4846-a24d-6a3f0f1588c3.jpg?v=1776104649"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0256\/0648\/8141\/collections\/Bachelder-7538-300.jpg?v=1761582376","url":"https:\/\/shop.bachelderniagara.com\/collections\/toussaint-collection.oembed","provider":"Bachelder Niagara","version":"1.0","type":"link"}