White Niagara Peninsula wine from Canada: 2011 : http://tinyurl.com/3qjhotd

Wine name: Grand Reserve Sauvignon Blanc

Producer: Jackson-Triggs Estate Wines, Niagara-on-the-lake, Ontario, LOS 1JO

Vintage: 2011

Purchased from: Vineyard

Appearance: Sauvignon yellow, thick and viscous on the glass.

Aromatics: Lemon juice and lemon oil. Very fresh yet quite concentrated.

Attack: Flinty, lime juice, very crisp.

Evolution: A touch of softness within the crisp body. There's a hint of candy cigarettes and a minerally flavour and a refreshing touch of water.

Finish: White pepper, lemon squash, star fruit peel.

Sweetness: 0

Acidity: 2.5

Tannin: 0

Texture: Metallic hard water

Length: Excellent

Balance: Fresh and quite zingy, yet with good body and a firm minerally backbone

Closure: Cork

Alcohol: 13.5% abv

Notes: Very tasty, and the watery flavour actually offsets the concentrated flavours really nicely. Eaten with chicken cobbler (leave a comment for the recipe!) and it went really well with it. Very nice!

FrenchWineGuide score: 84 points.

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White Cornwall wine from England: 2010 : http://tinyurl.com/3qjhotd

Wine name: Phoenix – Orion. Producer: Bosue Vineyard, St Ewe, Cornwall. Vintage: 2010. Purchased from farm shop. Appearance pale straw yellow, thick and viscous on the glass with quite intense and fruity, like a new world sauvignon blanc aromatics. The attack is fresh and zingy. Evolution: Grass, hay, lime zest with a finish which is limey and lingering finish, fresh on swallow and in nose. Sweetness: 0. Acidity: 2.5. Tannin: 0 with a texture which is very slightly effervescent but not unpleasantly so and the length is very good. As for balance, it's just a touch of water on the palate, but this doesn't spoil it – a nice fresh summer wine and very drinkable. The wine has a screwcap closure and is 10% abv. Overall, this wine is: This is a nice wine, went quite well with chicken rissotto and is equally good as an aperitif wine. Tasty, fresh and light yet with good body.. My score (which is NOT the same as Robert Parker's!) is 84 points.