#6: 2021 Bachelder “Wismer-Parke – Wild West End” Pinot Noir 🔥 94+pts

Ontario, Niagara, VQA Twenty Mile Bench

100% Pinot Noir | Dry | 13.0% ABV

🔥 94+pts Carl's Wine Club | 95pts Michael Godel (WineAlign) | 92pts Decanter

This wine is wild, rustic and juicy, expressing a super attractive and flamboyant personality. Rich in texture, powerful in terms of flavour definition, well balanced and juicy. There’s great acidity, pin-point minerality but also certainly a masterful concentration on the mid-palate. On the nose, aromas of wild flowers, grilled strawberry, pomegranate and a hint of cedar box. The tannins are soft, resolved and integrated which helps put an emphasis on softness and fluidity. The palate delivers flavours of ripe raspberry, plum, blueberry, red licorice, sweet tobacco leaves and a fantastic sequence of spices and caramel to close off the experience. This wine is ready to drink and approachable yet and will age gracefully for another 5 to 7 years. (CWC, March 09,24). 71 cases made.

Pairings: slow roasted beef short ribs, venison and root vegetable stew

Drink now until 2031