Bachelder Willms les Naturistes Gamay Noir Niagara Cru 2019
Four Mile Creek, Niagara Peninsula, Ontario, CanadaThomas Bachelder, long heralded with his skilled hand at chardonnay and pinot noir, has turned his eye towards gamay, with a series of releases from the 2019 vintage. Les Naturistes comes from a 1983 planted vineyard owned and farmed by the Willms family, in the heart of Four Mile Creek, rooted in silty, loam clays, gravel, limestone and sand. This was fermented with 55% whole cluster. Ample white pepper and alluring spices open this savoury lighter red, flooded with red flowers, crunchy plum, wild raspberry, candle wax, and studded with rock salt. Tannins are fine, hugging this to a lingering spiced finish.Tasted: 30 August 2021Tasted by: Prices:
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$27.95
750ml
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Producer: Mary et Thomas Delaney-Bachelder et FillesDistributors: Winery Direct Grape: Gamay NoirUPC: 185729000750
Bachelder Willms les Naturistes Gamay Noir Niagara Cru 2019
Four Mile Creek, Niagara Peninsula, Ontario, CanadaThomas Bachelder waxes about Les Naturistes, "a beautiful site guarded by a huge Willow tree on Line Two in Niagara-on-the-Lake." Erv and Esther Willms and their children Rebecca and Eric farm the historic site and grow most of the food they eat on the same farm. The gamay noir was planted in 1983, six kilometres from Lake Ontario and four kilometres from the Niagara River, in the heart of the Four-Mile Creek, itself a sub-appellation of Niagara-on-the-Lake on Line Two. The soil is a mix of silt, loamy-clay, gravel, limestone and sand. Bachelder calls the wine "Les Naturistes" because it comes without any make-up. The punch downs are gentle, the wine light-coloured, spicy, red-fruited and stylish with silky tannins and a long, penetrating old-vine finish. An excellent gamay for wine aficionados. Super value.Tasted: 22 May 2021Tasted by: Prices:
ON
$27.95
750ml
winery online/direct
Producer: Mary et Thomas Delaney-Bachelder et FillesDistributors: Winery Direct Grape: Gamay NoirUPC: 185729000750
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