Ontario Reviews

Hillebrand 2007 Showcase Cabernet Sauvignon
At a recent Taste and Buy event a few weekends ago at Hillebrand, I got a sneak peak at some of the upcoming releases. This particular wine won’t be seeing store shelves till the Spring of 2010, but it was the highlight of the tasting (October 2009) and is only going to get better with time. This wine represents the top barrel selection from the 2007 vintage, the grapes come from the Clark Vineyard – a vineyard mostly dedicated to the growth of quality red grapes. The wine then rested for 22 months in new French oak barrels, taking on the complexity you can smell and taste, it was then bottled without filtration, which means in years to come, this wine will throw a sediment, but will also age quite gracefully. Beautiful deep colour is the first thing I noticed about this wine, then it’s the smells of sweet fruit that permeate up into the olfactories. The palate is dominated by black cherry, raspberry, white pepper and plums – there are some seemingly dusty tannins, but they become smooth and approachable with each passing sip. This wine is supple and lovely. A fantastic wine from a fantastic vintage – it may seem expensive now but in 10 years it’ll be so worth it to pull the cork on this one. Price: $35.00 – Rating: *****
2007
Red
Cabernet Sauvignon
5
$35
Niagara Peninsula
at the winery in Spring 2010
http://www.hillebrand.com
2011-06-27

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