Bryan Vanderkruk

8.5

Celebrating start of Pat leave. Bought this at the winery at the launch event of this wine finished in Pike Creek barrels and associated whisky finished in cab sauv.

Needed a couple hours to open up. Very tasty fruit, cherries, a little green pepper, black pepper, cocoa. the whisky barrel was subtle back at launch time and even more subtle now.

Still a nice CS. — 21 days ago

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Bryan Vanderkruk

9.3

Dried fruit, berries, leather, spice, rich bodied. Still a bunch of tannins, could be good another year or 2 tbh. Drinking great now though! — 6 months ago

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Bryan Vanderkruk

8.6

Very tasty, but needs a lot of time to open up still. Won't open the next ones till 2027-2028 — a year ago

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Bryan Vanderkruk

9.6

Valentine's 2026, wedding anniversary vintage. Paired with prime rib. Bouquet of a dark fruit salad, oak and leather. Absolutely gorgeous palate, cherries, blue berries, prunes, peppery spice, oak. Oh my. This is perfect at 10yrs in the cellar. Incredible. — a month ago

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Bryan Vanderkruk

8.6

Nice rich Malbec, maybe could have waited another year or 2. — 4 months ago

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Bryan Vanderkruk

9.2

Wow. Rich, dried fruit, dry, full bodied. So damn good. — a year ago

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Bryan Vanderkruk

9.6

Cherry, dried fruit, dark fruit, plums blueberries, beautiful oak, dry, tannins have mellowed. Some baking spices, very very good. — a year ago

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Bryan Vanderkruk

8.5

Tasty, neither a fan of rose or sparkling generally but I prefer this to a lot of Niagara sparklings. More fruit and citrusy. — 3 months ago

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Bryan Vanderkruk

9.3

Fantastic. Dried fruit, oak, spice, rich bodied. Damn. This is fantastic. — 3 months ago

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Bryan Vanderkruk

8.9

First post baby wine in 9 months. Didn't have time to plan for a decanter so used aerator and some more aeration to open it up. Dried fruit, berries, figs. Rich and delicious. Chocolate, spice, fantastic. — 7 months ago

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