Description
VQA Lincoln Lakeshore
Harvest Date: October 28
Brix at harvest: 22.6
pH: 3.51
TA: 5.9
Production: 2480 bottles
The vintage of 2023 was an exceptional year in Ontario for grape growing. Winter was relatively warm
with little snow and temperatures were above normal for most of February and March and had us all
thinking about an early spring. Bud break was right on time!! However warm conditions were in order
from the beginning of May and throughout the summer, there were some hot spells but also some very
wet spells as well leading to some concerns with disease pressures. September was warm and dry and
harvest began early with grapes were picked in ideal conditions with good maturity and intense flavours.
Grapes were hand harvested and in beautiful condition, Crushed and destemmed before pressing. The
juice was then settled in tank before transfer to barrel ( 4 d fill French oak) for fermentation. Ferment was
slow in the cool environment of the barrel cellar giving bright, clean and fresh flavours. Malolactic
ferment was completed after which the wine was allowed to rest on its lees, with no stirring for 6
months. The wine was then racked to tank and filtered before bottling.
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