Westcott Vineyards Brilliant Sparkling 2020 Wine Review

Westcott Vineyards Brilliant Sparkling 2020

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

Community Score:94/100

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Price: $47.95

Drink: 2025-2028

Bottle size: 750 ml

Alcohol: 12.5%

Sweetness: Extra Dry

Wine Type: Sparkling Wine

Winery: Westcott Vineyards

Agent: Westcott Vineyards

Natalie's Score: 95/100

Westcott Brilliant Sparkling is an elegant cuvée produced in the classic méthode champenoise from Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier, and Pinot Noir. Its luminous, golden hue accompanies a vivacious effervescence that lifts the senses. The aroma unfolds with subtle hints of freshly baked bread, tangy citrus peel, vibrant green apple, delicate blossoms, and softly roasted nuts, all underpinned by a pronounced mineral character and a lingering, refined finale. This vibrant sparkling wine makes an excellent match for pan-seared scallops with lemon butter sauce or fresh Atlantic crab cakes dressed in citrus aioli.

Sparkling food pairings: grilled shrimp, oysters, soft cheeses.

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This Westcott Vineyards Brilliant Sparkling 2020 was reviewed on May 10, 2025 by Natalie MacLean

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Craig Haynes - WSET3 FWS SWS IWS rated this wine as 93/100 with the following review:

The superb sensory experience this bottle just gave me has me feeling thankful, thankful for the wine pro who put it on my radar (you know who you are!)

The 2020 vintage of the Brilliant is a beautiful expression of Ontario grown Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier, and Pinot Noir and Westcott Vineyard’s wine making sorcery. How come? It is because this bubbly’s visual, aromatic, and taste appeal checks all my boxes when it comes to sparklers crafted in the traditional method.

It is the immeasurable streams of pretty bubbles everywhere in my glass. It is the complex aromatics of brioche and crunchy green apple. It is the elegantly delicious taste, ebbing and flowing with layered notes of biscuit and citrus (white grapefruit pith, lemon zest come to mind) but also dialed down doses of roasted almond and slate like minerality.

The highlight of the Brilliant, for me, is how it feels in my mouth. Its crisp. Its extra dry. Its texture is gentle and etching. The mouth feel is measured in minutes not seconds. So is the finish. Oh my.

Applause to Westcott Vineyards. Gratitude to the wine pro who recommended this one to me.

If appellation info delivers dopamine to your system, read on. This bottle of bubbly hails from the Vinemount Ridge appellation, a wine appellation in the Niagara region of Ontario, Canada’s largest province. Some call Vinemount Ridge a regional appellation because it is within the boundaries of another, larger appellation, the Niagara Peninsula.

Tasted July 2025

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Westcott Vineyards Brilliant Sparkling 2020 Wine Review

Natalie's Score: 95/100

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