National Wine Awards of Canada

Medal score at the 2024 National Wine Awards of Canada. Tasted blind June 2024.

Sara d'Amato

Undeniably classic, austere and dry but with a clean, leesy, well-balanced nature. Nervy and crisp - a real...

Brent Muller

Present and direct on the nose with generous golden apple notes and light autolytics. On the palate it’s immediately...

David Lawrason

Here's a racy, intense, almost electric riesling-based sparkler. It has a lifted nose with oily/petrol notes, linden...

Michael Godel

Been some time since last tasting the cracker of cracker sparkling rieslings and sometimes a higher yearning,...

Michelle Bouffard

refreshing notes of lime, lemon, grapefruit with a slight bitterness. A simple wine, but very well done and in any...

Janet Dorozynski Dip WSET, Ph.D.

A dry, fruity and refreshing sparkler made from 100 % riesling. The crisp acidity and lively citrus notes make this...

John Szabo, MS

Intention and effort are certainly on display - this is a relatively rare traditional method sparkling riesling aged...

Neil Phillips

Green apple and citrus lime predominating on the nose, with a hint of white grapefruit. Very light bread notes. Almost a "lime Prosecco" nose.

Bone dry with fruit predominating, the lime carries through with Granny Smith apples. A little more rounded on the palate than the nose suggested, slight dough, great mouthfeel and fine mousse. Nice acid and medium+ length.

Tasted February 2017.

Thirty Bench Sparkling Riesling