The depth of this wine was structured by the warm growing season then cool autumn. We believe this is the best Gamay we have made to date! This is a new terroir for us at Leaning Post with grapes from the Four Mile Creek Appellation...
A blend of fruit from 4 different Vineyards from 4 different sub-appellations, this wine explodes out of the glass with wonderful mulberry, cherry kirsch, pomegranate, and raspberry followed closely by dried basil and tarragon, layered over mushroom and tobacco leaf. The balance and ripeness of...
A blend of fruit from 4 different vineyards from the best appellations across Niagara, the 2024 Pinot Noir is the epitome of the Leaning Post style. 2024 was a warm but balanced growing season, and yields were average, making wines of exceptional concentration and acidity....
We absolutely love this vintage of Senchuk Pinot! Our vineyard seems to be finally reaching its true potential. There is a flavour weight & density at its core that has been dialed up here, but somehow, we haven’t lost any of the lovely acidity, freshness,...
Tasting NotesNose: A very complex nose of sugar bets, black olives, damp moss, seaweed, is layered over bright bing cherry, raspberry, and nutmeg that pushes itself forward in the glass Palate: The palate shows wonderful softness and suppleness, with dried autumn-leaf, strawberry, cumin, green olive...
This blend of Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Syrah always over-delivers massively for the price. From the moderate and beautiful 2023 vintage, blackberry, cassis, raspberry and mulberry instantly steal the show, with mossy/bramble, graphite, inkwell and oregano following closely behind. On the palate, the fullness, weight...
Reviews:94 PTS - Rick Vansickle - Wines in Niagara Tasting Notes The 2020 vintage of our Merlot captures the essence of a warm year in the cool-climate terroir of the Niagara Lakeshore. This sub-appellation’s proximity to Lake Ontario tempers the summer heat, preserving fresh acidity...
Tasting Notes Nose: Lovely aromas of wild blueberries, leather, and moss Palate: The palate takes you on a journey down the forest path by a lake in the Canadian Shield on a cool autumn evening, stopping to pick some wild-blueberries and noticing a light background of freshly...
The 2021 growing season was exceptionally tricky, with a lot of humidity and rain throughout the season. However, the Keczan Vineyard on the East side of the town of Beamsville showed us why we have been excited by this Syrah for more than a decade! ...
The 2021 vintage started warm and sunny, and stayed that way through most of the summer. The fall, and harvest itself were incredibly tricky, with rain events throughout making it a challenge. However, the cool conditions in Grimsby/Winona allowed for perfect ripening and “hang-time”, allowing...
Yes, you read that right… beautiful, full-bodied, fully-ripe Cabernet Sauvignon from Grimsby in 2021! As the label says we truly never expected to bottle a varietal Cabernet Sauvignon. We are all fans of the grape but because it is so late ripening it can be...
This wine leaps out of the glass, with a big nose of blackberry, mulberry, inkwell, cocoa, white pepper and baking spices. A full and rich palate with real density and power shows blackberry, raspberry, and fig with leather, cocoa, nutmeg and smoked fennel-sausage providing a...