Black Bank Hill Estate Vineyard Syrah 2020

VQA Lincoln Lakeshore, Ontario $55.00 13.5% alcohol

Hand-harvested on the first day of November after a superb growing season, this syrah is ripe and very expressive with beautiful aromas of blackberry, purple plum, dark chocolate and a good dose of black pepper, typical of the varietal. It is truly like velvet on the palate with an excellent core of black fruit flavours, cocoa powder and a delicious black olive briny note persisting in the endless fruit forward, peppery and dry mineral finish. This medium-full-bodied gem will definitely further evolve with proper cellaring but can be enjoyed now with grilled Toulouse sausage or eggplant parmigiana. (Louise Boutin)