Flat Rock Sparkling Brut 2007, VQA Twenty Mile Bench

$35.00

Score: 91 pts

Reviews: 3

This has an intense, classically toasty, nougat and honey nose of maturing bubbly, with generous lemon and dried pear...

Wow. This is head and shoulders above Flatrock's "Riddled" sparkling cuvée. A brief, half-year passage in old oak...

Don't let the crown cap fool you - this is a serious traditional method sparkling from Ontario.

Medium-golden colour, to be expected at this age.

Lots of fresh dough on the nose, with golden delicious apple, pear, lemon zest.

A fine mouse, with a much more creamy mouthfeel than you'd expect: this has stuffing. Loads of apple, lemon, hint of over-ripe gooseberry.

Finish is long and persistent.

Tasted May 2014