Stratus

Niagara Peninsula Red Blend

8.941 ratings
8.64 pro ratings
Niagara Peninsula, Ontario, Canada
Red Blend
Game, Baking Spices, Duck, Goose, Potato, Chili & Hot Spicy, White Rice, Exotic Spices, Pasta, Herbs, Beans & Peas, Onion, Chicken, Pork, Venison, Salami & Prosciutto, Pungent Cheese, Soft Cheese, Mushrooms, Tomato-Based, Turkey, Veal, Hard Cheese
Top Notes For
Adam Foster

Beverage Director Sweet Grass Dairy Cheese Shop, Blue Coop Restaurant

8.9

Impressive, approaching integration. Tannat and Petit Verdot give it a new-world interpretation of Montefalco, if that makes sense...less meaty, more fruit. 2009

Impressive, approaching integration. Tannat and Petit Verdot give it a new-world interpretation of Montefalco, if that makes sense...less meaty, more fruit. 2009

Aug 12th, 2016
Bryant Bickel

Beautiful upfront love purple flowers violets notes and liked where it was going then it went all Casey Jones and fell off the tracks. The Mid Palate was missing MIA. But I like the idea of the project.

Beautiful upfront love purple flowers violets notes and liked where it was going then it went all Casey Jones and fell off the tracks. The Mid Palate was missing MIA. But I like the idea of the project.

Mar 11th, 2015
Scott Cunningham

Owner/Importer Bottleneck Wines

8.5

Consulting winemaker is Paul Hobbs. This is a rather nice Cab Franc blend with notes of cherry, sour raspberries, vanilla spice, leather and pickle juice.

Consulting winemaker is Paul Hobbs. This is a rather nice Cab Franc blend with notes of cherry, sour raspberries, vanilla spice, leather and pickle juice.

Jan 14th, 2014
Jess

Deep ruby-purple color.
Aromas of dark fruit, floral.
Dry. Flavors of blackberry, twiggy, floral. Medium-rich, firm tannins.

Intensity: 3/5
Complexity: 2/5
Balance: 3/5
Finish: 3/5

Deep ruby-purple color.
Aromas of dark fruit, floral.
Dry. Flavors of blackberry, twiggy, floral. Medium-rich, firm tannins.

Intensity: 3/5
Complexity: 2/5
Balance: 3/5
Finish: 3/5

Nov 22nd, 2023
Brandon Boesch

Very well done blend. Great burger wine. Good pepper, dark chocolate, dark berries, decent tannin with acidity towards the finish. More chocolate and berries on finish. Some oak also. This reminds me of a wannabe Cain cuvée.

Very well done blend. Great burger wine. Good pepper, dark chocolate, dark berries, decent tannin with acidity towards the finish. More chocolate and berries on finish. Some oak also. This reminds me of a wannabe Cain cuvée.

Jul 23rd, 2023
Tzippy Cohen

Round tannins, smooth body, leather, dark berries, lovely quick finish

Round tannins, smooth body, leather, dark berries, lovely quick finish

Jun 24th, 2023
Dave Chambers

From the Stratus wine dinner

From the Stratus wine dinner

May 9th, 2021
Tzippy Cohen

Super rich, smoke, leather,

Super rich, smoke, leather,

Dec 25th, 2020
Steve Martinelli

Nicely integrated, ample acidity. Judicious use of oak. A surprisingly good red blend from this region.

Nicely integrated, ample acidity. Judicious use of oak. A surprisingly good red blend from this region.

Dec 31st, 2019
Donald Williams

Bought at the winery. Worth holding for this long.

Bought at the winery. Worth holding for this long.

Jul 22nd, 2019