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87
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
Winemaker Ron Giesbrecht is ever improving with Bordeaux blends. This wine shows a cool, savoury, clean nose of fresh herbs and coffee, with chocolate and dried blackcurrant fruit. Medium weight, fleshy and warm, with easy tannin. Best 2008 to 2011.
- Price:
- $15.15
- Type:
- Red
- Varietal:
- Cabernet Sauvignon-Merlot
- Vintage:
- 2005
- Region:
- Niagara Peninsula
- Cellar keeper
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