• Order the following Huff Estates wines for daily home, restaurant or office delivery in Ontario online from Huff Estates or pick up from the winery that is open from 11 am to 6 pm daily. FREE shipping on orders of $100.00 and more. Check Covid Protocols from this link. The winery is located in Bloomfield, Prince Edward County. Here’s a map. Here’s their phone number - 613-393-5802 and email address - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
• The following 2020 Huff Estate Winery ‘Buried Vine’ Pinot Gris was sourced from 100% Prince Edward County Pinot Gris and was settled and aged in stainless steel keeping it lively, fresh and ideal for summer sipping and demonstrating how versatile a wine for food pairing this is.
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Huff Estate Winery ‘Buried Vine’ Pinot Gris 2020
VQA Prince Edward County $22.00 12.5% alcohol
If you think of pinot gris as only off-dry or sweet wine, think again, this one is very dry and you’ll fall in love with it. The classic aromas—ripe pear, pineapple, honey—will trick your palate with a crisp and lively character showcasing fresh orchard fruit flavours, lemon rind, a tiny balancing pithy citrus note and lots of exquisite chalky minerality adding complexity in the long mouth-watering dry finish. Definitely worth trying on its own, or with coconut prawns or grilled chicken with mango salsa. (Louise Boutin)
• The following 2019 Huff Estate Winery South Bay Vineyard ‘Catherine’s’ Chardonnay was sourced from selected premium, hand-harvested chardonnay from the vaunted estate South Bay Vineyard. It aged for 15 months in 70% pre-loved French oak barrels and 30% new oak.
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Huff Estate Winery South Bay Vineyard ‘Catherine’s’ Chardonnay 2019
VQA Prince Edward County $35.00 13.0% alcohol
This estate single vineyard chardonnay greets you with aromas of pomelo grapefruit and orchard fruit coupled with exotic spice and a note of resin. This is medium-bodied and it glides on the palate with a soft mouthfeel meeting a contrasting tight fruit acidity—passionfruit, lemon rind—and loads of refreshing steely minerality tingling on the tongue. The finish is crisp with a zesty profile dressed-up with persistent delicious vanilla and nutmeg undertone. Here’s a great summer pairing Pear Naan Pizza with Honeyed Goat Cheese. (Louise Boutin)
• The following 2019 Huff Estates Winery ‘Vacay’ Vidal was sourced from 100% Prince Edward County vidal blanc and was aged in stainless steel.
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Huff Estates Winery ‘Vacay’ Vidal 2019
VQA Ontario $18.00 12.0% alcohol
Lifted alluring aromas of lemon zest, floral notes and piquant spice abound. It caresses and dazzles the palate with a surge of lively, fresh flavour with sweet white peach, blood orange, lemon-lime cordial and oodles of tangy acidity and plenty of excellent pizzazz. This is medium bodied with excellent texture and mouthfeel and showcases persistent purity of fruit, deft balance and lengthy, luxurious finish and aftertaste. Pour and sip on its own or with breaded and grilled calamari or steamed mussels. (Vic Harradine)
• The following 2020 Huff Estate Winery ‘Getaway’ Rosé was sourced from 100% Niagara Peninsula cabernet franc that macerated on skins in stainless steel for 16 hours.
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Huff Estate Winery ‘Getaway’ Rosé 2020
VQA Ontario $20.00 12.5% alcohol
Cabernet franc in a rosé style often presents with a perfect combination of fruitiness and savoury character and this one is no exception. It has aromas of strawberry, watermelon, pink grapefruit, red bell-pepper jelly and a touch of lemon thyme. It shows good weight on the palate carrying delicious flavours of strawberry preserve, red bell-pepper, orange zest and a nice kick of white pepper trailing in the dry satisfying finish. This delicious gem offers many pairing possibilities such as ratatouille sprinkled with feta cheese, grilled gourmet sausages, spinach, bacon and strawberry salad, and more. (Louise Boutin)
• The following 2020 Huff Estates Winery ‘County Roads’ Pinot Noir Rosé was sourced from 100% Prince Edward County pinot noir and macerated for 18 hours on skins—hence the rich, dark, salmon colour. This gorgeous dry rosé wine showcases the dazzling 2020 Ontario vintage.
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Huff Estates Winery ‘County Roads’ Pinot Noir Rosé 2020
VQA Prince Edward County $25.00 12.0% alcohol
This is a delectable, great-value wine. Fruit-filled aromas of strawberry, watermelon and red cherry mingle with wisps of orange zest on the nose of this lip-smacking, dry rosé. It races over the palate with nerve and verve, and a laser-like stream of tang and pizzazz expressed as peel marmalade, ruby red grapefruit, red currant and mouth-watering red raspberry. This is crisp and refreshing from twist top to last drop. It’s medium-weight with excellent mouthfeel and a monumentally long finish and aftertaste. Sip on its own or pour with pan-seared fish under a generous squeeze of fresh lemon or salmon en papillote. (Vic Harradine)
• The following 2019 Huff Estates Winery ‘Four Acre’ Merlot was sourced from 100% Prince Edward County grapes. The wine matured for 15 months in French oak barrel—70% pre-loved and 30% new.
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Huff Estates Winery ‘Four Acre’ South Bay Vineyard - Merlot 2019
VQA Prince Edward County $30.00 13.0% alcohol
This is a lovely, delicious red wine that delivers very good value. Fragrant, enticing aromas open on the nose with exotic spice and sprigs of savoury herbs interlaced with scads of dark fruit—black plum, black cherry, and black currant. It’s medium-full bodied with good mouthfeel and plenty of tang to balance the ripe fruit flavours that appear on the palate—black plum and juicy black cherry. There’s a solid underpinning of perceptible tannin that’s easily ameliorated by a three-hour aeration/decant, or two more years of careful cellaring. Pour alongside rosemary and grilled rack of lamb. (Vic Harradine)