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Château des Charmes Gamay Noir Droit St. David's Bench Vineyard 2016
Niagara Peninsula, Ontario, CanadaBack in 1982, Château des Charmes' founder Paul-Michel Bosc was pioneering clonal selection research at his vineyard in Niagara-on-the-Lake. When walking through the vines, he noticed a single gamay noir vine that exhibited some interesting and unique characteristics. Most noticeably to the eye, the vine shoots grew upright (droit is upright in French). This particular gamay produced grapes that ripen about ten days later than standard gamay noir, building higher sugar levels and achieving darker colour. The result is a red wine with more body, alcohol and flavour concentration. Bosc began propagation of this single vine, tending and cultivating it for two decades before he was granted international Plant Breeder's Rights to recognize it as an entirely new vinifera. Thus, gamay noir droit, Canada's first vinifera, was born. Deep, dark earth, black raspberry, twine, sour cherry, smoked wood, forest floor fills this to a warm, cinnamon spiced finish. This can take on shellacked ribs on the grill easily. This is gamine gamay's brooding, bruiser cousin.Tasted: 29 September 2017Tasted by: Treve RingPrices:| ON | $19.00 | 750ml | winery direct |
| BC | $25.00 | 750ml | private wine shops |
Grape: Gamay NoirCSPC: 582353UPC: 776409689824
