You're Toad-ally my Type Rose.
The palate is light and rich, with everything hitting you at once - acids, tannins, and flavours. It's almost like a super robust rose, and it's delicious.
The story behind this bottle
This Clarete wine is a one-of-a-kind find from our winery in Prince Edward County, Ontario. It's an ancient and traditional wine from Spain made by co-fermenting up to 35% red grapes with white grapes, fermented on the skins. It's made like an orange wine with an infusion of red grapes for some fruit and colour. It has a slightly prolonged maceration and appears more like a light red. We didn't expect this wine to turn out the way it did, but we love it. It has a slightly darker hue than expected, is almost ruby in colour, and has great intensity.
By the numbers
Variety: 58% Chardonnay, 35% Cabernet Franc, 7% Riesling
Appellation: VQA Niagara Peninsula VQA
Production: 240 cases produced
Alcohol: 12.1%
SO2 @ Bottling: 6 ppm
Residual Sugar: 3g/L
Vintage: 2021
