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| LOWREY VINEYARD OLD VINES PINOT NOIR 2023 VQA Niagara-on-the-Lake |
| Vintage Assessments Tasting Note |
Producer |
BACHELDER |
| This exceptional, limited-edition St. David's Bench 2023 from old vines dating back to 1984 has a pale light red colour. Extremely elegant on the nose with floral roses, ripe plums, raspberries and cassis with some minerally, gently complex toasty notes. Dry, medium-plus bodied, nicely textured, fresh, perfectly ripe, just-picked, raspberry-cassis-plum flavours with some hints of frais de bois all followed up by a lingering, refined, very bright, vanilla-tinged finish. It has 12% alcohol and was aged for 20-months in French oak. Only 178 cases produced. Comparable to top Burgundies fetching $100+ |
CSPC |
361816 |
| Type |
Red Table Wine |
| Agent |
Sch Age |
| Country |
Canada |
| Region |
Ontario |
| Rating |
***/***+(95 points)
Elegant, Perfectly Ripe, Well Textured |
| LCBO Text |
Status |
Recommended by Vintage Assessments! |
| TASTING NOTE: 12% alcohol. 1984, 1988, 1993, 1997 and 1999 plantings, nestled in the foot of the escarpment up against St David's Bench. 20 months in new and used oak. Floral, fresh, silky and finely spiced. Lovely elegance here with sweet strawberry and cherry fruit. Supple, chalky and fine with red currant and cherry. So expressive with nice tensile tannins and acid. Score - 95 (Jamie Goode, wineanorak.com, Aug. 4, 2026) |
Price |
$ 65.00 |
| Bottle Size |
750 mL |
| Tasting Date |
vintages release - October 10, 2026 |
| Cases bought |
44 (12 bottles per case) |
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Score: - NOT PRESENTED * Very Basic *+ OK
** Good **/**+ Very Good **+ Excellent *** Outstanding ***+ Superb
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