Cuvée Rosé NV
Tasting Notes
Pale pink in the glass. The nose hints at ripe red berry, mineral and light spice notes. The palate is dry and fruity with a creamy and fine mousse with flavours of wild strawberries, raspberry cream, pomegranate, and light toast with a touch of spice. The finish is long and persistent with cleansing acidity and persistent red fruit flavours.
$26.95
Price shown does not include HST or deposit.
APPELLATION
VQA Niagara Peninsula
VINEYARD
Various
GRAPE VARIETY
46% Pinot Noir
54% Chardonnay
BRIX AT HARVEST
18.5
ALCOHOL CONTENT
12.5%
RESIDUAL SUGAR
10 grams/Litre
This is an LCBO Vintages essential
Suitable as the perfect aperitif to serve friends and family on arrival at between 5 and 8°C. This wine will pair nicely with shellfish or poached fish in pink sauces, smoked salmon or tuna tartare, charcuterie plates or antipasti. Although not sweet enough to pair with dessert, try with high fat creamy fresh and bloomy rind cheeses such as Upper Canada ricotta drizzled with honey and topped with toasted, candied nuts. Will marry nicely with fresh strawberries in season drizzled with a little aged balsamic or topped with cracked pepper.
Leah Spooner, Leah Spooner Wine
A traditional method sparkling from 13th Street Winery that consists of 54% Chardonnay and 46% Pinot Noir. This bubbly delivers a juicy palate of strawberry, rhubarb, apple, and almond that play in a whirling romance of creamy mousse and an encompassing, charismatic mineral essence. The wine finishes crisp and clean with impressive length.
Carolyn Evans Hammond, The Toronto Star
Toronto Star - January 2, 2025
This salmon-hued blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir offers outstanding consistency vintage to vintage. It’s made by Jean Pierre Colas, a Frenchman born and raised in Burgundy, France, who knows how to tease excellence from Ontario fruit to produce tinglingly crisp, pristine sparkling wine. Each glassful is threaded with tiny, pearl-like bubbles that burst on the surface to create a compelling, strawberry-lemon and brioche fragrance. The attack is bracing but balanced, fanning out with complexity. Lemon meringue, croissant, strawberry, wet stone and a sprinkle of salt — it’s all there.
Ontario greatness
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Rick Vansickle, Wines In Niagara
This is the top selling Canadian sparkling wine at the LCBO and the only one in the portfolio to receive a dosage of 8 g/l, which is still dry but a bit of a departure from the other sparklers in the portfolio. It’s a blend of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and a splash of Gamay that’s fermented and aged in the traditional method. It was aged sur lattes (en tirage) for a minimum of 18 months during which the bubbles became smaller and more compact. It shows a gorgeous rose petal colour in the glass with an energetic mousse. It’s loaded with red berries, cranberries, rhubarb, lemon zest and a subtle toasty note. It’s fresh and the bubbles pop on the palate with a barrage of red berries, subtle earthy/autolytic notes, red currants, and a dry impression through a finish that features mouth-watering acidity and verve.
