The May long weekend here in Canada tends to be the unoffical kick-start to Summer, as people head out to their cabins and campgrounds. Many wearing winter jackets! Whatever your plans are this long weekend, nothing keeps you toasty warm like a nice glass of wine! Here are a few you may want to stock up on for your long weekend.
After a rough day this past week, I treated myself to this wine. As you can see, I had the 2016 vintage of the Mission Hill Reserve Meritage from the Okanagan Valley in beautiful British Columbia Canada. Meritage is the Canadian and American term for ‘Bordeaux Blend’. It was wonderful, but the great news is, this wine has lots of aging rooms left. It’s a true Bordeaux blend style consisting of 35% Cabernet Franc, 32% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot and 2% Petit Verdot. It’s a great wine for any piece of meat you throw on the grill this weekend but slow down to enjoy the silky palate and the nice lingering finish.
I can honestly say yesterday was the first day I’ve ever tried wine from Lebanon. This is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Petite Verdot, and I had the 2012 vintage. I believe this wine needed the ageing, its very dry but has lots of flavour layers. Probably my only issue with the wine is that it’s $40 a bottle, and for an unknown wine, I don’t know if I would pay that price for a wine from a country that is not known for its wine. It was good, but I’m not sure it was $40 good.
And now for my wine of the week…
From Rioja Alavesa in Spain, comes this wonderful blend of Tempranillo, Graciano, and Mazuelo Y Viura. It has wonderful dark fruit berries, some notes of spice and its nice and dry on the palate. And you can have this wonderful wine for $18 a bottle, which makes it my wine of the week!
Have a wonderful long weekend
Cheers
Darlene
Wine-It’s Just My Opinion 