HEAR YE! – HEAR YE!

Niagara On The Lake Vintage Program 2012
4 Mile Creek Appellation, Niagara

The Towne Winer Chardonnay Barrel Program

Our best chardonnay has been cool temperature vinted to retain its crispness and aromatics: very well balanced with good length; full bodied, medium dry.

The Process:
Classic Burgundian wine making techniques were utilized: yeast specific strains, extended oak maturation, "sur lies" and battonage in our favourite, well seasoned 300 Liter French oak barrique which enhances the round mouth feel/complexity and butterscotch/vanilla sensory profile.
Cool Temperature Vinification, Minimal Filtration and Fining. The French describe these techniques as non-interventionist - the less the handling the better!

Minimum order:
23 Liter Allotments = 30 x 750ml. bottles of finished wine

Unit Cost:
$283.09

Release Date:
Early 2013; Worthy of Cellaring; Very Limited Quantities - Please Reserve

Food Pairing: Planked or grilled salmon on the barby, broiled lobster or roasted poultry.

The Towne Exclusive
A Meritage Blanc of VQA Quality & Distinction

The Winer is at his specialty again: creating unique wines of distinction and value!

Because of the overwhelming demand and great response for past harvests, The Winer is vinting this meritage of what the Niagara Region produces best: world class varietal & French hybrid white wines grown in cool temperature viticulture.

The Star Grapes are: German Kerner ~ German Riesling ~ French Vidal

Expect the initial taste to be clean and crisp, accompanied by a citrus profile with a burnt almond finish.

Pale straw in appearance, this light-medium bodied wine is dry to very dry with an overall firm structure.

The Process:
This white wine’s signature is vinted in the French Alsace style: fresh, bright, dry, racy/fruity. Cool Temperature Vinification, Minimal Filtration and Fining; Non Oaked

Minimum order:
23 Liter Allotments = 30 x 750ml. bottles of finished wine

Unit Cost:
$194.09

Release Date:
April 2012.

The Best Part
When to Enjoy: Delicious when young. Start pouring 1 month after bottling. Serve at 16 degrees Celsius.

Food Pairing: A versatile aperitif wine for all occasions that will compliment your special appetizers and hors d’oeuvre, fish and seafood entrees, white fowl with cream sauces and spicy Asian cuisine.

The Towne Winer Sauvignon Blanc Barrel Program

This full bodied, medium dry sauvy is nicely balanced with refreshing acidity and offers flavours of lime zest and green fig on the palate. Appearance of pale straw colour with good length. This noble varietal is sometimes called Fume Blanc when expressed with oak influence;

The Process:
Our non oaked version is cool fermented. This creates a highly aromatic textbook version of sauvignon blanc with a bouquet of citrus and fresh cut grass.

Minimum order:
23 Liter Allotments = 30 x 750ml. bottles of finished wine

Unit Cost:
$237.09.09

Release Date:
2012 This wine is age-worthy: harmony, balance and complexity will be further enhanced.

Food Pairing: Fresh goat cheese, grilled asparagus, pesto pizza, sushi, oysters.

The Towne Winer Pinot Grigio Barrel Program

Dry floral and pear on the nose, there’s clean, crisp lime fruit predominant on the palate that’s joined by zesty citrus minerality and spice-infused apple on the lengthy lip-smacking tangy grapefruit finish; light-medium bodied, medium dry.

The Process:
Cool Temperature Vinification, Minimal Filtration and Fining.

Minimum order:
23 Liter Allotments = 30 x 750ml. bottles of finished wine

Unit Cost:
$237.09.09

Release Date:
April 2012.

Food Pairing: its own this wine works beautifully as an aperitif or with soft cheeses; pairs well with shellfish and light pasta.

The Towne Winer Riesling ~ Gewurztraminer Barrel Program

This light-medium bodied, medium dry wine is a perennial popular blend created by us that the commercial industry has just recently began to pick up on. The wine shows notes of citrus & spice on the nose. The palate maintains the citrus theme with suggestions of lemon drops. Crisp acidity lasts through the satisfyingly long clean finish.

The Process:
Cool Temperature Vinification, Minimal Filtration and Fining.

Minimum order:
23 Liter Allotments = 30 x 750ml. bottles of finished wine

Unit Cost:
$237.09.09

Release Date:
April 2012.

Food Pairing: Thai/Asian/Cajun dishes would pair nicely.