John Szabo, Wine Align Ontario Wine Report 2009 Really nicely evolved, wet clay, mature fruit, moving into the blue spectrum, with some volatile notes and floral elements. Great complexity. The palate is still big and firm, but burly tannins are beginning to integrate; alcohol is generous. Finish is long. An impressive wine with abundant power [...]
Christopher Waters, VINES Magazine, July/Aug 2009. Creekside’s Lost Barrel project sees the winemaking team collect the sediment remaining in all of the barrels used to age red wines from each vintage. These rich “tippings” are preserved in barrel, where they clarify and yield a remarkably concentrated and intense liquid. The 2004 Lost Barrel has just [...]
Rick Van Sickle, St. Catharines Standard, July 10th 2009. … I poured this wine in Calgary at a wine judging competition dinner with a main course of Alberta-farmed bison and barley risotto. It couldn’t have been a more perfect match. The earthy, complex nose of black currants, Espresso bean and lavish spice melded beautifully with [...]
Appellation: VQA Niagara Peninsula Varietal Composition: 100% Red Niagara Vinifera Bottled: February 2nd 2006, directly from barrel, no filtration Drinkability:Hold (as of Apr. 09) The Legend of the Lost Barrel: In 2000 two winemakers, busy at their tasks, had taken the time to test a unique idea: save the rich “tippings” left in the best [...]
LOST BARREL 2004 In 2002, we lost a barrel and found a winemaking technique. When racking red wine barrels, we routinely combine the lees into another barrel in an attempt to recover more wine from yeast and grape solids which collect on the bottoms of the barrels. The resulting “tippings” barrel is left for a [...]
Appellation: VQA Niagara Peninsula Varietal Composition:100% Cabernet Sauvignon Bottled:June 13th, 2007. 47 cases. Drinkability: Drink or Hold [As of Jan. 09] Fruit for our 2004 reserve Cabernet Sauvignon was sourced entirely from a single vineyard on the St. David’s Bench. Fruit was hand-picked and vinified in small 800-kg batches, with traditional manual punchdown of the [...]
Appellation: VQA Niagara Peninsula Varietal Composition: 100% Chardonnay Bottled:180 cases. Drinkability: Drink Now [As of Jan. 09] Creekside’s reserve wines represent our best from the vintage as chosen through an extensive barrel selection process. Fruit for our 2004 reserve Chardonnay was sourced from two vineyards in Niagara-on-the-Lake, harvested October 7 & 11 at 22.1º Brix. [...]
