• The first two Flat Rock wines will be available only at the winery, either online to be delivered to your home, business or restaurant or drive to the winery to pick up a curbside order made previously by phone or online; while the third wine is available at most LCBO stores as a Vintages Essential wine. Follow the winery link to online guidelines for ordering wine online and to the ever-changing provincial COVID-19 guidelines for visiting Niagara wineries including Flat Rock Cellars.
• The following 2019 Flat Rock Cellars (E{NV}Y Riesling was sourced from vines that were planted in 2014 making then five years old when fruit for this wine was harvested. They are planted a mere laneway away from the much-older Nadja’s vineyard and these younger vines are planted with a Geisenheim, Germany 239 clone.
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Flat Rock Cellars (E{NV}Y Riesling 2019
VQA Twenty Mile Bench $29.95 10.0% alcohol
Sharp minerality aromas intertwine with citrus and orchard fruit on the nose of this spirited and captivating gem. There’s a laser-like streak of nerve and verve acidity underpinned with delightfully tangy pizzazz and grilled savoury herbs throughout. It captures and delights the palate with a powerful and delicious river of off-dry ambrosia delivering a lip-smacking palate-pleasing surge of lime cordial that continues through the mouth-watering finish and aftertaste. Pour on its own as an aperitif or with ham and Gruyère French toast sandwich. (Vic Harradine)
• The following 2019 Flat Rock Cellars ‘Nadja’s Vineyard’ Riesling was sourced from this special estate vineyard from Clone 238, native to the Mosel River Valley in Germany with SO4 root stock. Fruit for this wine was picked when these vines were 18 years old. Riesling lovers will want to pick up a few bottles and drink over the next ten or so years.
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Flat Rock Cellars ‘Nadja’s Vineyard’ Riesling 2019
VQA Twenty Mile Bench $29.95 11.5% alcohol
A gentle swirl reveals an aromatic nuanced nose sporting notions of flinty minerality, Key lime pie and piquant savoury spice. This explodes on the palate and persists through a monumentally long finish and aftertaste delivering mouthful after mouthful of deftly balanced yin and yang of sweetness—ripe orchard fruit—and tangy pizzazz—delightful lemon-lime citrus that leaves one looking for another glass or two. This is sublime sipped on its own and pairs up exceptionally well with steamed mussels or pan-seared scallops with a small side of fettucine and lightly creamed pesto sauce. (Vic Harradine)