Trail Estates Winery
This past week we removed most of the textiles covering our vines. We switched from burying with earth a few years ago and the rains this week (and next?) make us thankful for that decision. While it can’t replace the romance of farming dirt (kidding!), it’s still 10-hr days and about 23,000 steps taken! Geotextile crossfit classes anyone?
The plants are looking healthy. The buds are just at the fuzzy stage so they still have some cold-hardiness — a good thing if temperatures indeed drop again Saturday morning!
So, while we worry about that, we thought you’d like info on our latest Mixed Packs. Also check out the Pinot Gris Collab pack, at the bottom of this email, put together with the assistance of our friends at Redtail Vineyards and Hubbs Creek Vineyards!
Little Fluffy Clouds
Are Back!
3-PACK: $124 all-in | 6-PACK: $212 all-in
2020 Little Fluffy Clouds Sparkling - Preview!!!
This wine is ALIVE with bubbles and flavour: Careful opening this one!!!
60% Pinot Gris, 40% Muscat Ottonel. Pressed whole cluster and fermented naturally under temperature control for 2 months. A small amount of juice was added at bottling to obtain a pressure of 3 bar. Dreamlike aromatics of peaches and limes that lift you up high into the clouds. Frothy bubbles with a touch of lime and a creamy leesy finish on the palate.
2020 Pét Nat - Rosé
A fun wine! 92% Riesling, 5% Baco Noir, 3% Cabernet Franc. A wine that fermented naturally, slowly and cooly for 2.5 months before it approached the sugar level appropriate for bottling. Racked 6 times to ensure a clear wine this wine went to bottle with an aim of obtaining 3.5 bar pressure. Still fermenting! Still tinged with delicious sweetness but not cloying. Vibrant red raspberries and cranberries with a pleasant spritz on the palate. Bright and juicy, off-dry (currently 11g/L RS) with light effervescence!
2017 Foxcroft Chardonnay - Unfiltered
“The charming and natural beauty of a chardonnay originally locked in by a self-reflecting reductive tendency now emerges with full mellifluous smoulder and a honeyed smokiness… a virtuoso performance only made possible by chances taken, through the scientific experimentation of a winemaker with a sense of wonder. This performance of Foxcroft fruit has not been noted before and neither will it be repeated.” 91 PTS – Michael Godel
Shipping (ON & QC) and all Taxes included!
MAY WOTM CLUB
Park Bubbles!
Not every region concurs, but the May Wines of The Month will include what we think are three perfect park (or patio) bubbles including the 2019 Radice Lambrusco di Sorbara!
JUNE WOTM CLUB
Orange Wines!
June will include our latest Orange wines plus Avling Brewery’s Orpheus, featuring our ORNG Skins!
Limited quantities are available.
Consider signing up for 3+ months to make sure you don’t miss any releases. Sign up for 6 months and get a complimentary hour-long cellar tasting for six ($150+ value) this summer, post-lockdown!
Trail Estate Winery
416 Benway Rd., Hillier ON K0K 2J0
647-233-8599