#9: 2020 Southbrook “Poetica” | 🔥 94+pts

Ontario, Niagara, VQA Four Mile Creek
58% Cab Sauv, 30% Merlot, 7% Petit Verdot, 5% Cab Franc | Dry (2.3g/L RS) |13.2% ABV
🔥 94+pts Carl’s Wine Club | 96pts Rick VanSickle

This is a powerful and complex Bordeaux blend, with a dominant portion of Cabernet Sauvignon, truly made with Bordeaux Left Bank inspiration. This is bang-on, and the vintage provided everything the winemaker needed to accomplish its vision. An absolute BOMB of a wine, and a candidate for our Top 10 Wine of Year list. On the nose, a very precisely polished and focused wine with aromas of black cherries, blueberries and violets followed by red bell pepper, smoky cedar, black ink and gravel. Underlying herbaceous notes, too. Full-bodied, firm yet finely grained juicy tannins with bright acidity and low 13.2% alcohol that balances out the richness of the palate. Dominant flavours of black currant, blackberry, macerated cherry, dark chocolate, with beautifully integrated toasty notes and baking spices on the mid-palate and on the finish. All aspects of this blend are in perfect synch and symbiosis, which bodes very well for the future. This wine will age gracefully for more than a decade and can develop as your ultimate cellar GEM. (Carl Boucher, October 12, 2024). 

Food pairing: prime rib, garlic crusted rack of lamb
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