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| 75 | | | 89 | JaneGarvey | Atlanta | Georgia | USA | A winery that started out over 100 years ago near Stuttgart, Germany, in the 1980s found itself re-established on the shores of Lake Ontario, where the fourth generation of the family has continued the winemaking tradition. Other than ice wines, it’s rare to find a Canadian wine in these parts,, although I remember buying routinely the Inniskillin Chardonnay years back. The wine shows a medium pale gold color. Lively fruit aromas recall exotic apples (Fuji/Gala/Braeburn), a sensation that leads to the palate’s ripe, rich, juicy fruit character, dominated by pear and apple characters, and underpinned by good minerality and acidity. For the latter two reasons, the wine does not taste particularly sweet, despite the “off-dry” on the label. The finish lingers, keeping the fruit active on the palate and allowing the minerality to take over at the end., when a chalky earthiness emerges. Like biting into a crisp exotic apple. What residual sugar there may be contributes mostly to the roundness of the texture. Both 2006 and 2007 vintages are in stock. Serve not too cold, about 55-60ºF/14-15ºC. Foods: chicken fingers with honey-mustard sauce; lemon-pepper anything; pork with sautéed apples and onions; light curry chicken or shrimp salad; chicken thighs roasted on a bed of onions and garlic; roast turkey breast with apple stuffing (hold the sage); baked apple or Vidalia onion stuffed with sweet potato purée; ravioli stuffed with butternut squash or pumpkin, butter sauce, toasted pine nuts
Ultimate Distributors | 12/01/2009 |
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