{"id":3048,"date":"2021-05-03T11:01:05","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T03:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/terroirsense.com\/?p=3048"},"modified":"2021-05-10T11:09:03","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T03:09:03","slug":"5-3-wines-of-the-week-benjamin-bridge-nova-7-marques-de-murrieta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terroirsense.com\/en\/p\/3048.html","title":{"rendered":"Wines of the Week: Benjamin Bridge and Marques de Murrieta"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Benjamin Bridge 2020 Muscat Nova 7 Nova Scotia Canada\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 92<\/strong><\/p>\n

Canada makes some super interesting sparkling wines: perhaps not surprisingly, given that in the country\u2019s cool climate growing high acid grapes shouldn\u2019t be that hard. And in fact, estates like British Columbia\u2019s Blue Mountain and Ontario\u2019s Henry of Pelham make world class sparkling wines that are not just blessed with high acidity but very complex too. But it\u2019s Canada\u2019s maritime provinces that have developed a really interesting, high quality sparkling wine production that deserves to be better known. For example, Benjamin Bridge in Nova Scotia has been remarkably successful with its Muscat blend<\/strong> called Nova 7, a wine of which I have truly never had a bad vintage of. This delicately sweet sparkler is just exceptionally well made (with the knowing winemaking consultant help of Peter Gamble, one of Canada\u2019s finest wine minds): after you have the first glass, you can\u2019t help but want another and another after that, and before you know it, the bottle will be empty in no time.<\/p>\n

The Benjamin Bridge 2020 Nova 7 Nova Scotia Canada<\/strong> is a complicated blend of various Muscat varieties, Geisenheim, and Ortega. Bright straw yellow with pink tinges, it offers a panoply of expressive, very fragrant peach, melon, vanilla, cinnamon, lime, grapefruit and white flower aromas. Juicy, fleshy and lively, with harmonious and very lively acidity (this clocks in at a noteworthy 2.97 pH and 12.3 g\/L total acidity) nicely extending the delicately sweet (45 g\/L residual sugar) yellow and white fruit flavours on the long, effusively floral, peachy finish. Boasts considerable drag and charm, this little beauty packs in a ton of flavours and only 7% alcohol. It\u2019s a perfect summertime tipple to be enjoyed with friends and loved ones on porches, at barbecues and garden parties, and while watching romantic sunsets on the beach (and just about anywhere else, for that matter). Drinking window: now-2023.<\/p>\n

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Marqu\u00e9s de Murrieta is one of Spain\u2019s Rioja region most famous estates<\/strong>, perhaps best-known for this wine, the Tempranillo-based Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva Especial. Founded in 1852 by Luciano de Murrieta, the winery is now owned by the Cebri\u00e1n-Sagarriga family (since 1983), situated in the denomination of La Rioja Alta not far from the city of Logro\u00f1o (the estate also owns Pazo Barrantes, where it produces lovely Albari\u00f1o wines in Galicia\u2019s Rias Baixas).<\/p>\n

The Marques de Murrieta 1998 Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva Especial<\/strong> is a blend of 85% Tempranillo, 13% Mazuelo and 2% Garnacha, sourced from an individual parcel of vines and is aged for 30 months in American oak barriques. Very dark ruby in colour, it offers sexy aromas of blueberry, dark cherry, licorice, herbs and vanilla. Silky smooth on entry, in the middle and on the long suave finish, the ripe chocolaty herbal and fruit flavours are supported by harmonious acidity and boast real breadth and precision. Ready to drink and utterly delicious, this will nonetheless keep for another decade in a good cellar. Drinking window: now-2030.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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