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83
Scores are assigned on a 100-point scale and reflect a wine's overall quality, but don't consider price.
80 to 84 good
85 to 89 very good
90 to 94 excellent
95 to 100 outstanding
New listing. The wine is currently being made at Lakeview while Dan Aykroyd’s own winery is being built. Debut vintage shows fairly ripe currant-beet fruit, earth, tobacco and dried herbs (it is Bordeaux-like). Medium weight, austere, dry tannin, with an oaky finish. Some acetone as well.
- Price:
- $16.95
- Type:
- Red
- Varietal:
- Cabernet Merlot
- Vintage:
- 2005
- Region:
- Niagara Peninsula
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