Single plantation wine infused chocolates
Introducing new single plantation “Origine” chocolates prepared by Darren Johns from Mercury Chocolates with
Trumpour’s Mill wines.
Available to take home Box of 6 $11.50 Box of 12 $ 21.00 Also in gift baskets.
Or try them in a tasting experience at the tasting bar where they will be paired with the wines they are infused with!
2006 Victoria Block Chardonnay Chocolate
The elegant barrel fermented chardonnay was aged for 9 months in new, one year old and two year old French oak. Pale straw in colour, this wine has a complex nose of sweet oak with hints of vanilla and melon. The palate is distinguished by notes of melon and mango followed by a lengthy and refreshing finish paired with a 39% Ghana African milk chocolate creating a chocolate with glden buttery notes , full depth and a creamy finish. Residual notes of vanilla
2007 Pinot Noir Chocolate
This estate wine has a bright red fruit nose with hints of cigar box from 11 months in French oak. An elegant wine that is smooth and supple on the palate with a sweet core and a lively sour cherry finish is paired with a Venezuelan 65% dark chocolate which creates a chocolate with medium depth on the palette and strong fast finish.
Light residual tannin.
2007 Merlot Chocolate
This chocolate matches a 2008 Madagascar Madrirofolio 65% dark chocolate with notes of raspberry and flint, medium residual tannin and a medium weight with a strong fast finish is complemented by a fabulous nose with cedar, vanilla, ripe plums, mocha and black pepper from the merlot. Well structured with firm tannins, succulent plums and raspberries with notes of vanilla and black pepper on the palate and a lingering vanilla mocha finish make this a chocolate your palate will remember for a long time.
August is Pinot Noir month
summer in the vineyard
As we approach our 8th harvest on the farm we are celebrating pinot noir in all its many expressions. Around here with 17 acres in production now pinot noir makes its way into several of our wines … picked early in the season pinot noir is integral to our Grange BRUT and new for 2008 with an anticipated release date of early 2011 a traditionally made sparkler made from only pinot noir grapes with a delicate hint of pink. In the tasting room now is the 2009 Trumpour’s Mill Rose (our 7th vintage) which is 50% pinot noir and 50% gamay noir. Like many roses this wine is most popular in the summer with its lighter body and fresh strawberry cherry nose. Trumpour’s Mill Pinot Noir is available for $16.95 this month and is an easy wine to pair with summer fare particularily if you serve it slightly cool, medium bodied and complex on the palate with cherries and a sweet earthiness like warm beets in the sunshine; this wine embodies everything that we love about the County terroire. Last but certainly not least is Diana Block pinot noir. The Diana Block (the field behind the barn) was first planted in late May 2001 and it is the grapes grown in this vineyard that are hand sorted after they are handpicked for inclusion in this Grange wine. We use Ganamedes tanks which are special because they eliminate the need for pumping over resulting in both better extraction as well as a gentler process and after pressing the wine is gravity fed down to the barrel cellar where it is left to develop for around seven months before the final determination is made ….. as only exceptional wines will carry the Grange label. We did not make a Diana Block Pinot Noir in the 2008 vintage and we will be assessing the 2009 later this month.
There is lots to see and taste this month at the farm …… hope you will get a chance to stop by!
Some Tastings- By Maggie
This week was my first tastings of some of our soon-to-be-released, new wines. Trying the GPE Vic Bloc Chards is always a pleasure, and this one was no exception. It was bright but toasty, fruity but spicy; a dynamic wine as expected. I was similarly impressed by the 2008 Trumpour’s Mill Pinot Noir and Cab Franc. Every year older our vines get, the more typical and interesting these wines get. It is really a neat feeling after almost a decade in this project. But from these tastings, what I was most excited about was our 2008 Riesling and our 2009 Rosé. In the dead of winter trying these bright, light, fruity slightly off-dry wines—the kinds of wines that are all any of us drink come June—remind me that it’s not going to be winter forever. In fact, I think that I am going to start drinking them now in anticipation. Or maybe I’ll enjoy another month of oaked chards and big reds while we wait for these wines to be bottled…
