Bachelder Wismer-Foxcroft Single Vineyard 32% Whole-Cluster Gamay Noir 2023

Description

Bachelder produced both this 32% whole-cluster fermented version, and, for the first time, a 100% destemmed version (below), made like a Pinot Noir. 'Both distinct, yet utterly Wismer-Foxcroft in their flinty, iron-tinged savoury profile,' said Bachelder. 'The evolution in the cellar will be interesting to follow.' The Wismer-Foxcroft Vineyard Gamay is the 'wine that started it all, that made Mary and I fall in love with Gamay Noir in Niagara,' said Bachelder. 'We love Jordan, we love all of Niagara, but my word, this wine absolutely proves that the Bench in Vineland has something special, with its slightly reddish magnesium oxide-tinted dolomitic soils.' Such a profound nose of savoury red berries, Morello cherries in spades, underbrush, plump plums and stony minerality. It's a mouth-filling, cherry focused Gamay with support from wild raspberries, red currants, plums earthy/umami notes, a soft texture and a long, lifted finish. Can cellar through 2032. Score - 93. (Rick VanSickle, winesinniagara.com, April 5, 2025)

Tags

Gamay, Red Wine, Wine