ON-68825

Hidden Bench Fume Blanc Rosomel Vineyard 2016, Niagara Peninsula

Sauvignon Blanc Sauvignon Blanc
Ontario, Canada

$29.95 (68825)

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June 09, 2018

Critic Reviews (4)

John Szabo, MS
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John Szabo, MS

Quite deeply coloured but still tight on the nose, Hidden Bench's barrel-aged sauvignon delivers impressive...

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David Lawrason
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David Lawrason

From old vines in the Rosomel Vineyard this sauvignon blanc - semillon blend was fermented and aged in equal parts of...

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Sara d'Amato
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Sara d'Amato

The Rosomel Vineyard sauvignon blanc from old vines offers impressive intensity and a Bordelaise-like mouthfeel....

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Michael Godel
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Michael Godel

The vineyard gains another year, the farming and winemaking too and so fumé blanc out of Rosomel gets better, as...

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Community Reviews (5)

Bob Blais
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juniacke
juniacke

A 2016 dry white wine, a Fume Blanc from the Beamsville Bench, Niagara Peninsula. Fume blanc is a synonym for Sauvignon Blanc often used in North America. Fermented with indigenous yeast and aged for 18 months in mostly neutral French oak and stainless steel barrels. Batonnage was used where the sedimented dead yeast are stirred to resuspend them in the aging wine. This gives a bit of a Champagne-like bready flavor. Lemon/lime, buttery brioche, salted caramel, some green onion. Very long finish of salty citrus. Full bodied mouthfeel, 13% alcohol, mouth-watering crisp acids.

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David Brodati, DipWSET
David Brodati, DipWSET

All the inputs are there: excellent vintage, organic viticulture, single vineyard, hand harvested. Then the wine making style gives direction, with indigenous yeast and judicious use of oak in combo with stainless steel. A Fume style that is restrained on the oak with attention to texture. Sauv. Blanc typicity shows, but complexity from oak and a creamy rounder mouthfeel take centre stage. Yet balance and structure is achieved with supporting acidity and 13% abv. Very well done. Sept. 2018.

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Alan  Withers
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Jason Solanki
Jason Solanki

This barrel-aged Sauvignon Blanc has a reserved nose offering hints of grapefruit and herbs. The dry palate is medium-bodied and creamy with very nice aroma replays and impressive depth of fruit. Nicely balanced overall with very good acidity and subtle oak that is well-integrated. Excellent finish length. Should improve with time. Tasted Apr/2018.

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