The main course for the evening was Angus sliders with a mixed green salad. Jan paired this with two Cabernet Francs – a 2009 Tawse Grower’s Blend and a 2009 Chateau de Charmes.
I will review the Tawse first and then cover the Chateau de Charmes in Part 3.
The nose on the Tawse was easy to find with green pepper, cherry, leather, strawberry, black pepper and clove notes. Tasting the wine, fresh strawberry was the dominate flavour. The structure was interesting as the acidity far outweighed the tannin but not to the detriment of the wine as it was very smooth. The wine had a thin precise mouth-feel but its finish lingered around for a long time (in a good way). In short a very easy drinking wine and worked very well with the sliders.
Here is the group rating for the wine –Mick – 89, Mark – 88, Kathy – 86, Amy – 88, Overall – 87.5.
This wine was also a winery only purchase and not available at the LCBO. Jan listed it at a $25 price point.
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FYI, that wine is now available in the LCBO. Most Tawse wines sell out in about 6 months though.
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