Bachelder Wismer-Foxcroft “33% Whole Cluster” Gamay Noir 2020 Niagara Cru
This wine, vinified with 33% whole grape clusters, is the finer, more closed, and more structured (for ageability) of the two Foxcroft Crus. Incredible presence and verve. It possesses a slightly longer and more tannic finish.
Country | Canada |
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Province | Ontario |
Region | Niagara Peninsula |
Sub-Ava | Twenty Mile Bench VQA |
Producer | Bachelder Wines |
Vintage | 2020 |
Color | Red Wine |
Varietal(s) | Gamay Noir |
This wine, vinified with 33% whole grape clusters, is the finer, more closed, and more structured (for ageability) of the two Foxcroft Crus. Incredible presence and verve. It possesses a slightly longer and more tannic finish.
Country | Canada |
---|---|
Province | Ontario |
Region | Niagara Peninsula |
Sub-Ava | Twenty Mile Bench VQA |
Producer | Bachelder Wines |
Vintage | 2020 |
Color | Red Wine |
Varietal(s) | Gamay Noir |
Closure | Cork |
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Volume | 750ml |
Alcohol | 14% |
Product Code | A017R00620 |
UPC | 185729000484 |
Inventory | In Stock (28) |
Cellaring
Enjoy thorugh 2033
Appellation
VQA Twenty Mile Bench
Vintage Notes
This wine, vinified with 33% whole grape clusters, is the finer, more closed, and more structured (for ageability) of the two Foxcroft Crus. Incredible presence and verve. It possesses a slightly longer and more tannic finish, with a more iron-like minerality. If ever there was proof that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” the polemic over Foxcroft 52% Whole Cluster vs. Foxcroft 33% Whole Cluster is undoubtedly just that. In our ad hoc survey over the last two summers, roughly just over half preferred the higher percentage. Still, we find the 33% whole cluster speaks a little more clearly to us about its gravelly, iron-tinged soil origins, and since the taste of the land is what we are all about, we make a little more of that cuvée. Still, it is immense fun to compare them young and wonder about their ageability. Two beautiful siblings. Ageing-Improvement Potential: 3-10 years.
Vinification
Aged in neutral oak for 18 months
Vinified with 33% whole grape clusters
Producer Description
In just over a decade, Thomas Bachelder has made a name for himself as a producer of world class, terroir-based, organic Chardonnay and Pinot Noir in Burgundy, Oregon and Niagara. With their two young daughters in tow, Thomas and his wife Mary Delaney have unwittingly become wine gypsies, following their passion to produce terroirrevealing wines from these two most noble Burgundian grapes.
Made with intention
They make wines from local terroirs using ‘wild’ (indigenous) yeasts, using organic vineyards wherever possible. Everything goes to barrel for long ageing. The intent is to make pure, suavely-textured wines that sing lightly and clearly of their vineyard origins with as little makeup as possible – wines that are finely-perfumed and tightly-wound, offering the classic refined fruit and textured minerality of the delicate silt, clay and dolomitic limestone-laced ancient lakebed terroirs of Niagara.
A little note from Thomas and Mary
We’re inspired by the love of our spiritual home – Burgundy – where the grapes we love originally evolved, where even the tiniest of vineyards are put separately into a bottle. Our aim is to help discover, quantify and name the Terroirs of Niagara, one-by-one, from west (just outside Hamilton) to east (just outside the “Old Town” of Niagara-on-the-Lake) – and to deliver their energy and their purity of spirit to your glass! Pull the cork and dream of the vineyard from which it comes!
Santé! Cheers!
Thomas & Mary Delaney-Bachelder
“…Bachelder is evidently on a monk’s errand to map out the escarpment with Burgundian-like precision.” - John Szabo, MS
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This wine, vinified with 33% whole grape clusters, is the finer, more closed, and more structured (for ageability) of the two Foxcroft Crus. Incredible presence and verve. It possesses a slightly longer and more tannic finish.

This wine, vinified with 33% whole grape clusters, is the finer, more closed, and more structured (for ageability) of the two Foxcroft Crus. Incredible presence and verve. It possesses a slightly longer and more tannic finish.

This wine, vinified with 33% whole grape clusters, is the finer, more closed, and more structured (for ageability) of the two Foxcroft Crus. Incredible presence and verve. It possesses a slightly longer and more tannic finish.

This wine, vinified with 33% whole grape clusters, is the finer, more closed, and more structured (for ageability) of the two Foxcroft Crus. Incredible presence and verve. It possesses a slightly longer and more tannic finish.

This wine, vinified with 33% whole grape clusters, is the finer, more closed, and more structured (for ageability) of the two Foxcroft Crus. Incredible presence and verve. It possesses a slightly longer and more tannic finish.

This wine, vinified with 33% whole grape clusters, is the finer, more closed, and more structured (for ageability) of the two Foxcroft Crus. Incredible presence and verve. It possesses a slightly longer and more tannic finish.

This wine, vinified with 33% whole grape clusters, is the finer, more closed, and more structured (for ageability) of the two Foxcroft Crus. Incredible presence and verve. It possesses a slightly longer and more tannic finish.

This wine, vinified with 33% whole grape clusters, is the finer, more closed, and more structured (for ageability) of the two Foxcroft Crus. Incredible presence and verve. It possesses a slightly longer and more tannic finish.