Jason Solanki
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Wine lover since 2001! My interest in wine began while touring the factory where they printed the LCBO VINTAGES magazine.
Over time, my passion for wine grew. Now, I am highly regarded by friends and colleagues as a resource for when they need a wine for that special occasion, be it an anniversary, birthday, wedding, gatherings at home, or when they want to impress their special friend or the In-Laws.
Combining my interest in the Internet/web/computers, you can find me at https://vintagewinepicks.blogspot.com where you will find more wine reviews, events and contests.
Reviews
Cable Bay Syrah 2018, Waiheke Island
New Zealand$39.95
Excellent results from a cool, wet year, this Syrah has a fragrant, black pepper spice, dark currant, and dark berry nose with hints of floral. It's medium+ bodied with lovely aroma replays. Juicy fruit and elegant tannins add to the experience. Earthy notes arrive on the fine, long finish. Tasted Mar/2020.
4.0 Stars
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Charles Baker Riesling Picone Vineyard 2020, VQA Vinemount Ridge
Ontario, Canada$44.95
Lovely, highly aromatic nose of lemon/lime citrus, apple, mineral, and herbal aromas with a touch of reductive notes rise out of the glass. The crunchy, medium-full bodied palate offers very nice lemon/lime citrus with some petrol, mineral, and tart citrus flavours adding interest in an off-dry profile. Tart acidity freshens the palate. Minerally with some sweetness on the long, balanced finish. Tasted May 2023
4.0 Stars
Cave Spring Csv Chardonnay 2022, VQA Beamsville Bench, Niagara Escarpment
Ontario, Canada$34.95
The fresh nose seems a bit shy, offering lovely aromas of vanilla, pear, apple, citrus, earthy minerals, and doughy notes. It's medium-full bodied and dry with a nicely textured palate offering earthy mineral and orchard fruit flavours. Textured with clean acidity and a touch spicy on the mid-palate. Earthy mineral notes linger on the long, savoury finish. Tasted May 2025. Score: 91+ pts
4.0 Stars
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Rosehall Run Jcr Chardonnay Estate Grown 2022, VQA Prince Edward County
Ontario, Canada$36.00
This barrel-fermented and aged Chardonnay has a rich, medium-high to highly aromatic nose that is smoky and leesy with binned apple, pear, vanilla, earth, and touches of lemon citrus aromas. It's medium-full to full-boded on the dry palate with lovely, balanced aroma replays and notable smoky, leesy, apple, and citrus flavours. It's nicely textured with earthy, leesy, and mineral notes on the long finish. Tasted May 2025. Score: 91+ pts
4.0 Stars
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E. Guigal Châteauneuf Du Pape Blanc 2021, A.C.
Rhône, France$71.95
Nearly half Grenache Blanc with Roussanne, Clairette, Bourboulenc, Piquepoul, and Picardin rounding out the blend. Lovely, fragrant, medium-high to highly aromatic nose has floral, citrus, melon, lemon, and pear aromas are joined by herbal complexity in a wonderfully balanced and elegant profile. The medium+ bodied palate is dry and crisp with fresh, well-balanced acidity and herbally, lemon peel, floral, and pear replays. Some bitterness on the mid-palate, while the finish is long, fresh, and well-balanced. Tasted Dec. 2024.
4.0 Stars
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Le Clos Jordanne Claystone Terrace Chardonnay 2022, Twenty Mile Bench
Ontario, Canada$42.00
The rich, medium-high intensity nose delivers balanced and complex aromas of smoky, leesy, lemon citrus, poached pear, apple, vanilla, and butter. It has excellent texture on the dry, mid-weighted palate with buttery, vanilla, apple, citrus, earthy, and mineral flavours supported by clean, well-balanced acidity. It's well-structured and nicely balanced with earthy, spice, and savoury mineral notes lingering on the finish, with excellent length. Tasted May 2025. Score: 92+ pts
4.0 Stars
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Greywacke Sauvignon Blanc 2021, Marlborough, South Island
Marlborough, New Zealand$25.95
Fragrant, perfumed, and highly aromatic, it is subtly nose-tingling and quite complex with ripe tropical fruit, passion fruit, guava, kiwi, mango, and citrus aromas with delicate floral tones and touches of rock melon and lemongrass. It's medium-full bodied and fleshy with very good concentration and ripe flavour replays of passion fruit, kiwi, guava, zesty citrus, mango, and lemongrass. Nicely textured on the mid-palate, while acids are fresh, juicy, and well-balanced. Leans more floral and citrusy with a sense of minerality on the very long, zesty finish. Tasted Aug. 2022. Score: 92+ pts
4.0 Stars
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Domaine Pansiot Côte De Nuits Villages 2021, A.C.
Burgundy, France$40.25
Fragrant, medium-high intensity nose offers cool aromas of red & black cherries, & red currant w/ whiffs of savoury mushroom, forest floor, cinnamon spice & roses adding intrigue & complexity. It is intensely flavoured on the mid-weighted palate w/ lovely red currant, cran-sour cherry, raspberry, cinnamon spice, roses & red plum flavours, plus minerality & black tea notes. Juicy acids are fresh & lively, while the light tannins are fine-grained w/ good structure. Shows elegance throughout, w/ red currant, cherry, raspberr, & mineral notes lingering on the long, crisp finish. Tasted Dec. 2023.
4.0 Stars
Jean Max Roger Cuvée Les Caillottes Sancerre 2019, Ac
Loire, France$35.95
Clean, elegant, and fresh aromas of lemon citrus, white floral, and ripe orchard fruit with subtle herb, spiciness and leesy mineral aromas rising out of the glass. It's medium-full bodied with lovely aromas replays and fine, well-delineated acidity gliding across the palate. Elegant and drinking beautifully at this stage. Lightly spicy on the slightly chalky textured, juicy mid-palate. Lovely citrus and apple, along with a fine mineral streak lingers on the well-balanced finish, with excellent length. Tasted Sept. 2022. Score: 92+ pts
4.0 Stars
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Greywacke Sauvignon Blanc 2022, Marlborough
Marlborough, New Zealand$26.95
Elegantly ripe w/ a medium-high intensity nose offers lovely & complex aromas of passion fruit, lime-lemon citrus & leesy minerals w/ touches of grapefrt, guava, spice, kiwi & melon adding nuance. It has a lovely, structured & textured mouthfeel w/ equally impressive weight on medium+ to medium-full bodied palate. It's dry w/ lovely ripe lime-lemon citrus, passion fruit, guava & leesy mineral flavours. Juicy & succulent w/ fresh, balanced & saliva-inducing acidity. Touch spicy + intriguing notes of mango & melon on mid-palate. Leesy mineral notes linger on long, juicy finish. Tasted Dec. 2023.
4.0 Stars
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