The Untouchables
Is any wine worth $500? How about $5,000? Flirting with the LCBO’s priciest bottles By David Lawrason
-
85
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
A light, dry, tight riesling with youthful licorice, green pear, grapefruit and mineral flavours. Light to mid-weight, with zesty lime and grapefruit tartness. Very good length, with a mineral finish. Best from 2008 to 2010.
- Price:
- $13.15
- Type:
- White
- Varietal:
- Riesling
- Vintage:
- 2006
- Region:
- Niagara Peninsula
Related Listings
Flat Rock Cellars 2007 Riesling
This perennial prizewinner rollicks with generous fruit flavours: pineapple, pear, ...
Jackson-Triggs 2007 Delaine Vineyard Gewürztraminer
This is a gorgeous gewürz; one of the best in ...
Jackson-Triggs 2007 Proprietors’ Reserve Sauvignon Blanc
Marco Piccoli makes 10,000 cases of this non-oaked white every ...
Wild Horse Canyon 2005 Merlot
New listing. Decent mid-weight merlot with ripe berry fruit, background ...
Jackson-Triggs 2003 Grand Reserve Méthode Classique
Piccoli was still at oenology school when the grapes for ...
Related Features
Sweet Sensations
The season’s best dessert wines By David Lawrason
Sherry Picking
One of the wine world’s most exquisite drinks is also its greatest bargain. Go figure By David Lawrason
- Directories
