Vintages release: October 10, 2009

Featherstone Estate Winery Merlot 2007
VQA Twenty Mile Bench $19.95 (131540) 13.0% alcohol
Perfumed with exotic spice, red licorice and field berry aromas it bathes the palate with well-sculpted luscious flavours. Expect succulent cherry, black currant and black plum compote flavours persisting throughout the balanced lengthy and fruit-driven finish. Medium bodied and creamy smooth; this deserves your attention. It’s divine sipped on its own and food friendly—roast pork stuffed with dried cranberries, leg of lamb with wine-reduction sauce or pour with your Thanksgiving bird and all the fixings. (Vic Harradine)

Vintages release: March, 2010

Featherstone Estate Winery ‘Old Vines’ Riesling 2008
VQA Twenty Mile Bench $18.95 10.2% alcohol
There’s a compelling story behind this wine – read more. With its breeding shining through—20+ year-old German Weis-clone vines planted on the lime- and shale-rich ‘Bench’—it delivers a racy focused mouth-watering rendition of cool-climate Riesling. Expressive aromas—key lime and steely mineral notes—segue lime-drenched mineral and lemon rind flavour. It’s medium bodied and nicely textured with a lip-smacking bone dry finish of grapefruit tang. Only 441 cases made from this single-vineyard, 2.5 acre, estate-grown fruit—a ‘must buy’ for lovers of fine Riesling. Purchase by the case now directly from Featherstone. (Vic Harradine)