Beamsville Bench, Niagara Peninsula, Ontario, CanadaSaunders Vineyard (Beamsville Bench) is organically farmed pinot noir one and one of many labels produced by pinot savant Thomas Bachelder. It is named after centenarian farmer Warren Saunders, whose vineyard sits only 3.9km from the lake and on the perfect mix of clay, silt, and limestone soils. Ontario pinot is often a bit of a cross between Oregon and Burgundy with its rooty, herbal underscoring, but they quickly fade into a more welcoming raspberry and strawberry medley of fruit supported by some fragrant, silky textures that carry it along the palate from the front to back. Drink or hold with anything mushrooms or wild birds. Delightful.Tasted: 01 December 2021Tasted by: Prices:
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$47.95
750ml
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Producer: Mary et Thomas Delaney-Bachelder et FillesDistributors: Winery Direct Grape: Pinot NoirUPC: 185729000736
Beamsville Bench, Niagara Peninsula, Ontario, CanadaThomas Bachelder is one of Canada's leading chardonnay and pinot noir specialists, honed through time in Bourgogne and Oregon, as well as years in the vineyards of his Niagara home base. From Beamsville Bench's organically farmed Saunders Vineyard (named for visionary farmer Warren Saunders, who recently turned 100 (!), 3.9km from the lake and on clay, silt and limestone soils. So perfumed, with fragrant raspberries, cherries flooded across a plumped base. There are some herbal green twinges to brighten, and long, finely downy tannins to frame. The whole finishes long with a wash of salinity. Very smart, drinking well now and with time ahead.Tasted: 23 July 2022Tasted by: Prices:
ON
$47.95
750ml
winery direct
Producer: Mary et Thomas Delaney-Bachelder et FillesDistributors: Winery Direct Grape: Pinot NoirUPC: 185729000736
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