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| SPECK FAMILY RESERVE CABERNET/MERLOT 2012 VQA Short Hills Bench, Niagara Escarpment |
| Vintage Assessments Tasting Note |
Producer |
HENRY OF PELHAM |
| Extremely deep intense purple colour. Intense, complex, very slightly spicy, maturing ripe plum-cherry nose with some cedary sandalwood notes. Dry, medium-full bodied, well structured, slightly spicy, intense, bright plum-cherry flavours with a lingering, gently cedary, fairly high acid, faintly herbal finish. This REPEAT 2012 blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc grown in the Short Hills Bench has 14% alcohol and 2 g/L residual sugar. The recommended 2012 (***) with 92-points was last released on June 23, 2018 at $39.95. |
CSPC |
616433 |
| Type |
Red Table Wine |
| Agent |
Hen Pel |
| Country |
Canada |
| Region |
Ontario |
| Rating |
***(91 points)
Complex, Dense, Classy, Ripe |
| LCBO Note |
Status |
Recommended by Vintage Assessments! |
| TASTING NOTE: The warm 2012 is an ideal vintage for this very specific cabernets and merlot blend, a wine as deliberate and iconic to the Niagara effort as any that have come before or currently exist. The vintage falls into a line that remembers 1998 and 2002 (with a half wink for 2007 and three-quarters nod to 2010). The brightness of red fruit and the dusty grounding of that fruit into earth integrates quietly and when acidity joins, the balance is pitch perfect. The fineness of that acidity will allow the mild astringency and dark chocolate by barrel to melt with slow dripping ooze into proper and educated tannin. Is this Cabernet-Merlot Speck Family Reserve one for the ages? In a word yes and likely to rival that 1998 for a 15 year run through excellence. Drink 2017-2027. Tasted May 2017. Score - 93 (Michael Godel, winealign.com, Sept. 10, 2017) |
Price |
$ 39.95 |
| Bottle Size |
750 mL |
| Tasting Date |
vintages release - October 27, 2018 |
| Cases bought |
97 (6 bottles per case) |
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Score:
- Not Presented * Below Average
*+ OK
** Good
**+ Excellent
*** Outstanding
***+ Exceptional
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