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Venturi-Schulze Vineyards Brandenburg #3 2009
Cowichan Valley, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, CanadaAn interesting and complex wine, Cobble Hill's Venturi-Schulze has earned their cult-coveted reputation by going to extraordinary lengths to make idiosyncratic wines. After madelaine sylvaner grapes are crushed, the juice is simmered for several days, concentrating the flavours and the sugar, then cooled. Fermentation can last up to a year, until the yeast stops naturally, leaving a touch of residual sugar. The wine is aged in French oak and then is bottled with no preservatives and no sulphites. Off-dry and earthy with dried figs, caramel, espresso, five spice and roasted nuts. Pour alongside foie gras, burnished creme brûlée or figgy olive oil cake.Tasted: 22 March 2015Tasted by: Treve RingPrices:| BC | $35.60 | 375ml | winery direct |
