ItвЂ™s dense and full-bodied, with 10 months in French and American oak barrels bringing vanilla and spice to go along with black pepper, black cherry, raspberry, iron and earth notes, some modest tannin and a long, warm (14.5 per cent) finish. Made primarily from the Shiraz grape with just a splash of Durif (also known as Petite Sirah), this brawny Aussie red offers iron, black cherry, dark chocolate, earth, blackberry and black tea aromas. Hallett 2018 Faith Shiraz (Barossa, Australia - $23.99, Liquor Marts and beyond) I agree to the Terms and Conditions, Cookie and Privacy Policies, and CASL agreement. Lively and fresh, with good complexity and verve (and on sale for $21.99 until the end of September). ItвЂ™s light-plus bodied and dry, offering loads of lime, grapefruit, herbal and chalky notes, with just a touch of spice and texture from the wood. Aromatically it brings green apple, lime, herbal and gooseberry notes, with just a touch of wood in there. Pale straw in colour, this California Sauvignon Blanc sees about one quarter of the juice aged in barrels, about 20 per cent of which are new. Lohr 2019 Flume Crossing Sauvignon Blanc (Arroyo Seco/Monterey, Calif. Curious wine lovers will simply have to wait and see what ends up making its way into bottles and on to store shelves. So while the growing season has certainly been eventful (or 'challenging') in many regions, the final verdict on the 2021 vintage will require some patience. A hot June and August bookended just the right amount of rain at just the right time in July, allowing the fruit to ripen nicely and for picking to begin relatively early. Ontario producers, meanwhile, look to be following up the excellent 2020 vintage with another crop of killer fruit. The more a vine has to strain to find moisture in the soil, the more intense the flavours in the fruit produced.ДЄnd itвЂ™s not been doom and gloom for producers in every region of the northern hemisphere some regions have enjoyed conditions much closer to ideal, including in parts of B.C. Vines that produce less fruit, for example, often bring more concentrated flavours in what grapes they do manage to grow.ДЄdditionally, vines are also quite hardy and can withstand extreme heat and/or drought (at least to an extent). Lower yields of grapes picked doesnвЂ™t mean bad quality wine - in fact, it often means quite the opposite. While frost and mildew impacted European producers, North American grape growers were handed extended periods of hot, dry weather which caused intense drought conditions, scorching some grapes and vines and causing numerous nearby fires, which could lead to smoke taint in some grapes. On this side of the pond there was no shortage of dramatic developments, also thanks in large part to the impact of extreme weather events along the West Coast, from California up through to British Columbia. In mid-July, flash flooding hit many regions, devastating the Ahr grape-growing region of western Germany, which saw bridges and houses wiped out and 133 people killed in the region. In addition, northern regions such as Veneto and Trentino were also impacted by intense bouts of hail in June and July, which damaged fruit and vines.ДЄ high-impact rainfall event called a cold drop - where cold air masses at high altitudes clash with warm ground temperatures - also impacted many European wine regions, particularly in Germany. The Vouvray region, meanwhile, was ravaged by a June hailstorm, as were regions such as Minervois and the CГґte dвЂ™Or the following month Provence suffered intense drought conditions.ДЄpril frosts and a cooler spring also impacted the volume of grapes being successfully harvested in Italy the volume of grapes harvested in Chianti and Barolo, for example, is set to be lower, with Sangiovese and Nebbiolo yields (respectively) reduced below historical averages. Decanter reports that the overall harvest yields in France will be about 29 per cent lower than the five-year average the Jura region could be around 80 per cent smaller than normal, while the Champagne harvest will likely be the smallest in decades. Many regions throughout France saw intense spring frost followed by widespread mildew in the vineyards, which impacted the ability of the vines to begin producing healthy fruit.

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