ON-461699 QC-12792244

Henry Of Pelham Speck Family Reserve Baco Noir 2018, VQA Ontario

Baco Noir Baco Noir
Ontario, Canada

$24.95 (461699)

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90 pts
6
January 11, 2020

Critic Reviews (4)

Sara d'Amato
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Sara d'Amato

A rich and textured baco noir, full-bodied with lots of tannic ripeness and fullness. The alcohol is notably high but...

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Steve Thurlow
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Steve Thurlow

This midweight ripe baco is full of promise with a lovely fragrant nose of black cherry and blueberry fruit with...

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David Lawrason
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David Lawrason

One of the more rich and successful Ontario "big reds" has a very ripe complex nose of plum, cooked beets, violet,...

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John Szabo, MS
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John Szabo, MS

Deeply fruity and appealingly smoky, this is a well-dialed baco, pushing the variety to its quality limits. This...

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Community Reviews (2)

David Brodati, DipWSET
David Brodati, DipWSET

HOP Family Reserve Baco is always good quality and value. Baco is a hybrid variety grown mostly in Canada. Concentrated dark fruit in the plum, prune, black cherry spectrum with violets, lots of spice, and a hint of minerality. Oak is prominent but fairly well integrated showing vanilla, cocoa and smoke. Acidity is medium and tannin medium minus (baco is never very tannic). The length is very good to excellent. This is a great bbq wine for burgers, ribs and any saucy fare (not steak which is a tannin tamer). Drinking well now, and doesn't need much aging. June 2020.

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Alain Charron
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