Featherstone Winery & Vineyard Featherstone Vineyard Gamay Noir 2009

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Niagara Escarpment, Canada
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Natalie's Score: 88/100 Community Score: 4.4/5 Community Reviews: 3 Add My Review Product #: 874345000106 Wine Type: Red Wine Add to my...CellarFavouritesShopping ListWish ListWine Lists	Price: $19.95 Alcohol: 13.5% Drink: 2011-2014 Sweetness: Dry Bottle size: 750 ml Winery: Featherstone Winery

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Tasting note:

Rich and robust with enticing notes of black cherry, beetroot and a smoky finish. Peppered black raspberry with a nice bite and a medium-body. Smooth. Gamay could be Niagara's signature red to go by this one.

Reviewed January 3, 2012 by Natalie MacLean

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Soils: Heavy Clay Vine Density: 1200/Acre Planted: 2001 Rootstock: 3309 Clone: 358 Date Picked: 11th November 2009 Fruit Condition: Extremely Healthy Handling: Hand Picked into small 25 kg picking bins allowing the fruit to arrive at the winery’s sorting table intact. Fruit was hand sorted, crushed and de-stemmed. Fermentation: Fermented with commercial yeast strain ICV-GRE. Fermentation took place in small ½ tonne vats. Primary fermentation took 21 days in total. Pressed into barrel and inoculated with commercial malolactic bacteria. Bottling date: September 10th 2010 Total Production: 115 cases Wine analysis at bottling: pH3.49 T.A 7.3g/L Alc. 13.5% alc./vol R.S <2 g/L

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Serve this wine between 60-65 degrees Farenheit or 15-18 degrees Celsius.

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