Tasting note

There is a lot of people experimenting with fortified wines in Ontario, but the Union Forté sits above everyone else. This wine offers something very different from the nose until the finish. The nose is candied cherry, plum and spice. There is nice rich intensity to the fruit when you take your first sip. Fruit flavours of plum, dark cherry, raisin followed through with a bit of cocoa and spice. The spice notes in this wine have me thinking of Christmas already because this just feels like liquid fruit cake. Now the finish on this wine offers a bit of a nuttiness that lingers. Score - 4 1/2 Stars (out of 5). (André Proulx, andrewinereview.ca, Dec. 2, 2016)

Cabernet- and Merlot-based Tawny-style fortified wine, barrel aged for 6 years. Dried cherry and cranberry passes pleasantly over the palate with outstanding acidity to balance the sweetness. For fun and freshness a small percentage of Syrah was added back into the blend before bottling, lifting the fruit.