Hidden Bench Rosomel Vineyard Nuit Blanche 2022

The blend for the 2022 Nuit Blanche is 70% Sauvignon Blanc and 30% Semillon that’s aged in mostly older French oak barrels for 10 months. The nose is a bit tight on opening, but let it breathe and an elegant, nuanced Bordeaux-style white blend begins to emerge with a nose of Asian pear, nectarine, crunchy apple, kiwi, flinty minerality and integrated spices. It’s rich, flinty and persistent on the palate with grapefruit, passionfruit, herbs, fennel seed, and apple skin that benefits from a zesty, lively finish. Give it time to fully open up either in the cellar or by decanting. Can cellar to 2028. Score – 93. (Rick VanSickle, winesinniagara.com, June 27, 2024)