[Growwine] Wine Trade Winds for February 2008

[Larry Paterson]

Forwarded with permission - thanks Dean!  {Dean is a member of the Wine 
Writers' Circle of Canada  http://www.winewriterscircle.ca/ and is in 
Canada's Who's Who}

A positive take from one of Canada's top experts...

Lardy

Larry Paterson, lfw, rd, adcc
(Little Fat Wino, Roving Drunk, Alcohol Distribution Channels Critic)

http://www.littlefatwino.com/


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dean Tudor, Wine Writer and Ryerson University Professor Emeritus" 
<dtudor at pathcom.com>
To: "Dean Tudor" <dtudor at pathcom.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 11:33 AM
Subject: Wine Trade Winds for February 2008



AN ADDED VALUE FOR MY SUBSCRIBERS -


WINE TRADE WINDS DIARY FOR FEBRUARY 2008


By Dean Tudor, Gothic Epicures Writing, dtudor at ryerson.ca

Always available at www.deantudor.com


...snip...

5. The Time and Date: Monday, February 26, 2008    10AM to noon
The Event: monthly Wine Writers' Circle of Canada tasting.
The Venue: LCBO Scrivener Square
The Target Audience: members of the WWCC
The Availability/Catalogue: Larry Paterson collated some two dozen
wines from Quebec for him and the WWCC to taste and sample.
The Quote: "Some fascinating wines of excellent intensity".
The Wines:

**** Four Stars (90 - 93 in Quality/Price Rating terms):
- Chapelle Ste Agnes   2003    Geisenheim Icewine  9.5%ABV $43.88
for 200 ml (outstandingly intense)
-Vignoble la Mission   2005   Vidal Icewine  11.5% alc $27.00 for 200
ml
-Domaine les Brome  2005  Reserve Vidal   White  13.0% $20.18   750 ml
   (outstanding because of its oak complexity, very well made, reminds
me of an oak aged seyval blanc from New York.

*** Three Stars (86 - 89 in Quality/Price Rating terms):
-Domaine du Ridge   2006  Vent d'Oest  White     11.5% $12.94   750 ml
-Vignoble Carone    2006   Frontenac   Red  13.0% 750 ml (chocolate
tones)
-Vignoble Carone  2006  Verita  Red  14.0%  $25.00  750 ml (highly
suggestive of Oz but also highly priced)
-Vignoble de la Riviere du Chene  2006 Lalande Signe Bastien Red
12.0%  $17.55  750 ml (concentrated, dense)
-Vignoble la Mission    2005   La Mission Vin Rouge  Red 11.5% $13.00
750 ml -Marechal Foch, Chancellor and Lucy Kuhlmann varietals.
-Vignoble Le Cep D'Argent 2006  Reserve des Chevaliers Vin de Magog
12.5% $12.24     750 ml
-Vignoble de la Bauge     2006 Brise  Rose     11.5% 750 ml
Frontenac Rose  (aromas of ripe cherries, strawberries and cinnamon)
-l'Orpailleur    2006   Eleve en Fut de Chene  White 12.0% $13.04
750 ml

The Food: bread and water
The Effectiveness (numerical grade): 90.


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