Wending Home Wending North White Blend 2020

… a fascinating proprietary blend of 27% Ehrenfelser, 18% Auxerrois, 18% Pinot Gris, 16% Riesling, 16% Gewurztraminer and the rest Chardonnay all sourced from the north side of the estate vineyard. I don’t know how Giesbrecht dreamed up this blend, that is a bit reminiscent of the Alsatian Edelzwickers, but he nailed it! Such an attractive and perfumed nose of pear, lychee nut, grapefruit, lemon blossoms with floral notes and minerality. It has a gorgeous, slightly unctuous texture with rich and savoury notes on the palate and then pear, lychee, flinty minerality, wild herbs and citrus with length and freshness through the vibrant finish. A beauty of a wine unlike any other you’ve had from Niagara. Score – 92. (Rick VanSickle, winesinniagara.com, Feb. 4, 2022)