![]() ![]() I just have to state right up front, I’m game for trying anything and give everything a fair shake, but just the idea adding more oak to oak, even if it is soaked in whisky and bourbon, isn’t something I willingly gravitate toward. I have not tasted the Foreign Affair wine, or most of the other big U.S. The palate has bold but elegant flavours of ripe fruit to match the nose together with silky smooth tannins, balanced acidity and subtle oak and whisky notes all very integrated.” On the nose, aromas of rich caramel and smoky oak support notes of ripe fruit such as cherry, blackberry and black currant. ![]() The final result is a beautifully complex red wine like no other … intense, rich and full of depth.”Īnother Canadian company, Foreign Affair in Niagara, which is owned by Corby Spirit and Wine Co., just introduced a Whisky Barrelled Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 with 29% of the grapes dried appassimento style for 100 days, barrel aged 12 months in French and American oak, then 5 months in Pike Creek Whisky (also owned by Corby) barrels.Īt 16.5 % abv, the notes for the wine club exclusive only wine say that the whisky barrels “add a richness and complexity to this already bold wine. The company says the Red Cask is “the culmination of years’ of extensive barrel aging in both French oak barrels and Wayne Gretzky Red Cask whisky barrels. 99 Whisky Oak Aged Red ($20), and the granddaddy of them all in this style, the Whisky Barrel Finished Red Cask Red ($120). Of course, the Peller family’s Gretzky winery and distillery in Niagara, which not only produces wine, but has a distillery on site producing a range of whiskies and other spirits, incorporates whisky in its No. The Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot blend is aged in whisky barrels, while the Chardonnay Sussreserve tasting notes do not specify whisky barrels, but there does appear to be some of those distinctive notes on the nose and palate of the white wine as well.Īnd the biggest brand under the Arterra umbrella, Jackson-Triggs, just released at Vintages stores the new Bourbon Barrel Aged Merlot 2016 ($60) that was aged in small batch Kentucky bourbon barrels to deliver “well integrated notes of vanilla and butterscotch.” Here on home turf, Canada’s two biggest wine companies have joined the whisky fray - Arterra Canada recently released a special homage to one of its original founders with the launch of the company’s newest VQA wine called The Audacity of Thomas G. 198 Cabernet Sauvignon Bourbon Barrel Aged. Even Sam’s Club is enjoying a slice of the pie with Batch No. Terlato owns The Federalist, The Wine Group makes Stave and Steel, and Treasury Wine Estates offers a line of bourbon-barrel-aged wines through its Beringer Bros. Note: Also in this report, our recommendations from local wines at Vintages stores Saturday ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |