National Wine Awards of Canada

Average final score from judges at the 2017 National Wine Awards of Canada. Tasted blind June 2017.

Michelle Bouffard

Completely seduced by its aromas of white pepper, red plum, violet and its blood pressure. Body moderately structured...

Michael Godel

There are times when a properly dirty, reductive and volatile syrah comes at you this way, screaming and hollering....

John Szabo, MS

A classic cool climate syrah here, very peppery and incense-inflected, with an appealing range of crunchy red fruit....

David Lawrason

Creekside is among the most established syrah producers in Niagara; here dealing with a cooler vintage that has sewn...

Steve Thurlow

This is a cool climate syrah with an intriguing nose of black cherry and ruby grapefruit plus black olive and a hint...

David Brodati, DipWSET

Ok, so the press isn't broken, but this is still a nice Syrah. Medium bodied with crunchy vibrant acidity. Red fruit, pepper, spice, anise, a suggestion of meat. But the line between juicy tart sour and overt greeness is a thin one. Oak is not overdone, tannin is soft and fine and length is excellent. Nov. 2015.

Steve Elder

Creekside Syrah 2013