NV Ferox Vantage Red | 90+pts

This crushable medium body red blend comes with a great price point and is normally only served at restaurants. A great example of a wine where the price point adds half a point to the wine. How can you pass up a well structured red at just $16.75 all in?

This unusual multi-vintage blend made mostly of Zweigelt and Syrah is super approachable and surprisingly layered. Aromas of blueberry pie, smoked meat, black cherry and a hint of cinammon. 

The palate is also approachable with a nice level of acidity and flavours of blueberry, black cherry, blue plum, a little bit of cocoa, a hint of leather and black pepper (on the finish) - all in all, more complex than you'd expect.

Makes for great 'cellar insurance' and a wine that puts a smile on my face. A lot of fun! (Carl Boucher, Sept 19, 2025). 

We tasted this wine blind with members again on February 28, 2026. The wine has improved with six months of bottle age and is even more of an amazing value find! Perhaps THE top value Canadian red we've tasted in years! (Carl Boucher, February 28, 2026). 

90+ points Carl's Wine Club

Niagara, VQA Ontario

53% Zweigelt, 18% Merlot, 15% Syrah, 8% Malbec, 6% Cab Franc

Dry Wine | RS: 2.5g/L | 12.5% ABV | Drink from 2025 to 2028

Pairings: New Orleans jambalaya, penne arrabbiata