Kevin M

9.0

The 2006 Rusty Shed Chardonnay is a blend of four blocks of Chardonnay on the Flat Rock Property. Grapes are hand picked and hand sorted before whole bunch pressing takes place. It was then cold settled in stainless steel, 100% barrel fermented and left on the lees for 10 months. Wild and commercial yeasts were used for primary fermentation, followed by malolactic fermentation to soften the natural acidity. The result?
Beautiful example of a mid to full bodied Chardonnay with butter, vanilla, apples and light spice on the palate. A lot of flavour and elegance at this price point. Sampled this 2006 in 2017 but this should sit well and perhaps develop more for a few more years. Best part? It's from Niagara! Loved it!
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— 9 years ago

Matthew Beckman

9.6

Gdamn...my wine so not fair but hard not to say this was not WOTN....so young — 9 years ago

Grant Everett

9.4

Dense wine. Fair amount of sediment when decanted. Fruit trended towards plum. Lots of damp earth. Mushroom. Well integrated tannins. Solid if unspectacular finish. Nice stuff, just didn't quite meet expectations. — 10 years ago

with Ashleigh

Debbie Shing

8.9

Thanks @eugene_vin for this bottle! Fleshy, rich Chardonnay, very Meursault-like in style w toasty nuts, floral & spice complexity. The intensity & ripe nature of the fruit flavours (vs subtlety) being one of its only signs of New World-ness. Yummy. — 11 years ago

Gordon Walker

9.1

Bright cherry color, red fruit, cranberries, currants, herbal notes, hint of EA/VA, pretty decent structure for something so light in color. Good stuff from the VQA wines — 11 years ago

Brenna Gray

9.8

Mellow and smooth. Smokey plums. — 12 years ago

Zack Raucher

9.2

Great blackberry and vanilla flavor! — 9 years ago

Kelley Panaro

9.5

Very good. Delicious fruity finish — 9 years ago

Conrad Green

9.0

From magnum. A fair bit of oxidation with noticeable wood and sour apple notes. Past its prime but actually improved over the evening. — 10 years ago

with Naoko and Larry

Carlos Chiti

9.2

19/AGO/2015 — 11 years ago

Patrick Ayotte

9.0

Translucid ruby color. Nose of red berries, spices, earth with a leafy / tree scent. On the palate, nice fruit profile, small earthy and mineral bitterness, good acidity and fresh, spicy finish. French style Pinot. Very good (90)

Made of Pinot Noir coming from 15 different parcels from Flat Rock vineyards. Aged for about 8 months in oak barrels. Alcohol level of 12,5% — 11 years ago

Vanessa Steingard

9.5

Fair trade and wonderful — 12 years ago

Molly Duke

9.4

George Galey, American estates wines inc — 13 years ago

Mark Flesher

9.6

What a wine!!! Mayacamas fruit, at 2640 elevation. 275 case offering. Poured a purple color in the glass with a dense youthful blackberry pie nose. The entry shows youthful chalkiness. Dense and thick. Beautiful now, expressing rather early on the palate but probably more of my kind of wine in a couple of years when this wine integrates a bit more. Finishes with lighter black pepper (provoked with pot roast). Youthful oak barrel tannin. QUITE enjoyable. QPR is quite nice as I don't think this one was north of 50 bucks. — 9 years ago

Lisa Hart

10

Everything you asked for and more. — 9 years ago

Matt Beyard

9.0

A delicious Syrah. Matured from the wine I drank at the winery. Opened nicely and drank smoothly. — 10 years ago

Carlos Chiti

9.3

18/AGO/2015 — 11 years ago

Jacob Rodriguez

9.0

Juicy, bright sangio. — 11 years ago

Michael Siciliano

9.6

Canadian Juice — 12 years ago

Anthony Labatt

9.9

Delicious Riesling — 13 years ago