2020 Divergence Brut Nature 🔥 93pts

This is a brut nature, as in, no sugar was added during the second fermentation, which makes this traditional sparkling wine more like a classic Champagne style. Dryer, more austere, but also more vibrant. Linear and energetic, with 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay, this is the kind of wine that could stand up side by side Champagne. Fresh baked cookies, croissants, bake pear pie, and fresh lemon on the nose.

The palate is more on green and yellow fruit with lime, lemon, Granny Smith apple, and almond cookies. The bubbles are fine and powerful (but not over-powering). I believe this wine can age at least 20 more years.

Jeff Moote has developed some amazing skills when it’s time to deliver spectacular traditional method wines, and in my books, he’s in the top 5 producers of traditional method wines in Canada.

If you like Benjamin Bridge, then Divergence is another winery that should be in your cellar. (Carl Boucher, October 7, 2026).

This is a brut nature, as in, no sugar was added during the second fermentation, which makes this traditional sparkling wine more like a classic Champagne style. Dryer, more austere, but also more vibrant. Linear and energetic, with 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay, this is the kind of wine that could stand up side by side Champagne. Fresh baked cookies, croissants, bake pear pie, and fresh lemon on the nose.

The palate is more on green and yellow fruit with lime, lemon, Granny Smith apple, and almond cookies. The bubbles are fine and powerful (but not over-powering). I believe this wine can age at least 20 more years.

Jeff Moote has developed some amazing skills when it’s time to deliver spectacular traditional method wines, and in my books, he’s in the top 5 producers of traditional method wines in Canada. If you like Benjamin Bridge, then Divergence is another winery that should be in your cellar. (Carl Boucher, October 7, 2026).

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93pts Carl’s Wine Club

Hughes Vineyard, ON Niagara Peninsula, Lincoln Lakeshore VQA

Chardonnay, Pinot Noir

Pairings: oyster on the half shell, puttanesca pasta

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