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Sue-Ann Staff The Gritstone Cabernet 2019 Wine Review

Sue-Ann Staff The Gritstone Cabernet 2019

Sue-Ann Staff The Gritstone Cabernet 2019

Niagara Peninsula, Ontario V.Q.A., Canada

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Price: $34.95

Drink: 2023-2028

Bottle size: 750 ml

Alcohol: 13.5%

Sweetness: Extra Dry

Wine Type: Red Wine


Winery: Sue-Ann Staff

Agent: Sue-Ann Staff Estate Winery

Natalie's Score: 90/100

Sue-Ann Staff's The Gritstone 2019 Cabernet Franc is so named after a unique one-piece gritstone Staff's ancestors employed to mill grain on the property. Dry, bold and fresh with ripe dark cherry, raspberry, tart red berry, cedar brush and toasty oak spice flavours brilliant on the palate with an earth vanilla finish. The wine was barrel-aged for 20 months in a mix of American and European oak barrels. Tannins are pleasantly grippy. Drink or hold.

Cabernet food pairings: roast pork, root vegetable casserole, grilled crispy pork belly.

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This Sue-Ann Staff The Gritstone Cabernet 2019 was reviewed on March 18, 2023 by Natalie MacLean

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