The highly reductive nose off the top (grapefruit) is off-putting, though the wine underneath is high quality. I like...

A lovely peppery spice entices on the nose of this typical cool climate syrah. The palate is a little too extracted...

Aggregate final score from judges at the 2015 National Wine Awards of Canada. June 2015.

This has good colour depth and textural richness for a Niagara syrah, especially from a cooler vintage like 2011. But...