Meldville - Pinot Noir barrel select, Niagara Peninsula (2019)

TASTING NOTES

Bright tart cherry fruit, geraniums and violets, smoke, some dustiness and baking spices. Fine tannins. A pretty and elegant light wine with some Prince Edward County rather than Niagara vibes.

18 months in mostly used barrels. 

Derek Barnett is an Ontario winemaking legend, starting at Southbrook's early incarnation in Maple, north of Toronto before they moved to Niagara-on-the-Lake. In 2001, Derek left Southbrook to begin Lailey Vineyard making some of Ontario’s earliest examples of knockout, boutique (and cellar-worthy) wines. 

In 2015, Lailey was sold and Derek launched his very own Meldville Wines and as winemaker of Karlo Estates where Richard Karlo had unexpectedly passed away.