Rosehall Run makes its home in Eastern Ontario’s Prince Edward County but this silver fox (gotta love the name) was raised in Niagara’s Twenty Mile Bench. It’s part of a new small-lot series based on carefully edited fruit from a single vineyard source, in this case the Nedelko Vineyard. Light-medium-bodied, it’s ripe and jammier in flavour than one might expect from the lean body. There are intriguing notes of underbrush, spices, caramel and herbs all supported by well-handled oak (just two of the 11 barrels were new wood). Drink it over the next four years. Available direct, rosehallrun.com.
- Year: 2016
- Region: Niagara
- Varietal: Pinot noir
- Price: $34.95