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Wayne Gretzky

Wayne Gretzky
2021 Signature Series, Cabernet Sauvignon, Niagara-On-The-Lake

Pair this wine with:
Beef Vegetables

Category: Cabernet Sauvignon

Date Tasted:
Country: Canada
Alcohol: 12.7% RS: .25%
88 Points
Silver Medal
Highly Recommended
$23

Wayne Gretzky
2021 Signature Series, Cabernet Sauvignon, Niagara-On-The-Lake

Pair this wine with:
Beef Vegetables

Category: Cabernet Sauvignon

Date Tasted:
Country: Canada
Alcohol: 12.7% RS: .25%
Burnt sienna color. Aromas and flavors of red currants, toasted oak, and garden herbs with a silky, lively, dry medium body and a tingling, engaging, medium-length finish with shades of tart red cherry and cranberry, smoked cedar, and dried herbs with chewy, drying, medium, leafy tannins and light oak flavor. A nice everyday table wine to pair with a beef roast.

Tasting Info

Wine Glass Style: Crisp & Lively
Aroma Aroma: red currants, toasted oak, and garden herbs
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with shades of tart red cherry and cranberry, smoked cedar, and dried herbs
Sweetness Sweetness: Dry
Enjoy Enjoy: Now on its own and with food
Recipes Pairing: Pot Roast, Steak & Potatoes, Beef Stew
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A nice everyday table wine to pair with a beef roast.

The Producer

Andrew Peller LTD.

The Producer
697 South Service Road
Grimsby, ON L3M 4E8
Canada
1 905-643-4131

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Cabernet Sauvignon

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Serve in a Cabernet Wine Glass
Cabernet Sauvignon is a variety that is the source of some of the world’s most celebrated and longest-lived reds. Grown in many countries, it is most famous in Bordeaux, where it is the principal grape in red Bordeaux as well as in California – especially Napa Valley- where it is labeled by its varietal name.

Cabernet Sauvignon has aromas and flavors of black currant, cassis, black cherry and sometimes plum (in warmer regions or vintages). Quite rich on the palate, the variety is very tannic, giving its wines a bitter edge in their youth, but also providing the wines with great aging potential, with top flight examples drinking well for as long as four or five decades. Given their richness and flavor profile, wines made from Cabernet Sauvignon need to be paired with rich red meats, such as steaks and roasts as well as game.

Besides France and California, other countries with warm growing regions also excel with Cabernet Sauvignon. These include the Maipo and Colchagua Valleys in Chile as well as the Bolgheri district, situated on the coast of Tuscany.