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Emandare Vineyard Clara 2017
Cowichan Valley, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, CanadaThe story behind Clara is as sweet as the wine, as well as the wine's name. The rear label states "As sweet as she." Created as a celebration of the birth of owners/winemakers/farmers' Mike and Robin Nierychlo and daughter Clara, this is estate siegerrebe left to do its own thing (highly minimal intervention) before being sweetened with (süssreserve) unfermented siegerrebe juice from the same vintage and bottled in a 500ml bottle. This slight, sweet wine carries the peaceful innocence of a newborn girl, with a lightness of form and weight (10.4 degrees), pear blossom, delicate tangerine, elderflower, applesauce and waves of peach. There's a waxy candle nose and earthy note that grounds this in the natural-swinging camp, and stops it from being just 'pretty'. This would work as a palate cleanser in a multicourse dinner, or with a delicate fruit dessert or brunch dish. Quite interesting.Tasted: 21 August 2018Tasted by: Treve RingPrices:| BC | $28.00 | 500ml | winery direct |
Grape: Siegerrebe
