The colour is medium ruby. On the nose musty, with a mix of green pepper and orange flavour. In the mouth tasty, but unpleasantly so. The aftertaste is fairly long, which only make the unpleasantness last longer. I disliked this wine to the point that I used it for cooking!
Réserve eXPérimentation is made from De Chaunac grapes that have been left to dry for a short time to concentrate colour and flavour. One part of the wine is aged in barrels and the other in vats. It is a blend of several vintages.
De Chaunac is a French-American hybrid grape that is grown in the northeastern United States and Canada. It is a dark-skinned variety that ripens early and has strong resistance to mildew.
De Chaunac was one of the hybrid varieties created in France by Dr. Albert Seibel in the devastating wake of phylloxera in the latter half of the 19th Century. Originally called Siebel 9549, the variety was later renamed after Adhemar de Chaunac, a French-Canadian immigrant, who was a pioneer in the Ontario wine industry. He supported the growing of Vidal for ice wine production in Canada and introduced a number of other hybrid grape varieties to North America, among which Seibel 9549.
This wine is made by Léon Courville in Quebec, Canada.
For this bottle I paid 38.70 CAD$ (25.50 CHF) at Le Beau Marché in Montréal. On the producer’s website it sells for 29.95 CAD$ (19.70 CHF). A clearly overpriced wine, as all the Canadian wines I tasted so far!
Country: Canada
Region: Quebec
Grapes: Chaunac
Type: Red
Vintage: N/A
Producer: Léon Courville
Price range: Medium (15-30 US$)
Pascal’s Enjoyment Index: 1/5