One of the all time great vintages in Ontario, the 1998 Poetica is still lively, with huge aromas of butterscotch that explode from the glass. This intensity is matched  on the palate followed by great length. Still has years left but is wonderful now. 1.5 L; $154/magnum. 

Featuring an excerpt from
A Song of Growth
by Charles G. D. Roberts

In the heart of a man
Is a thought upfurled,
Reached its full span
It shakes the world,
And to one high thought
Is a whole race wrought.

Not with vain noise
The great work grows,
Nor with foolish voice,
But in repose,--
Not in the rush
But in the hush.

From the cogent lash
Of the cloud-herd wind
The low clouds dash,
Blown headlong, blind;
But beyond, the great blue
Looks moveless through.

O'er the loud world sweep
The scourge and the rod;
But in deep beyond deep
Is the stillness of God;--
At the Fountains of Life
No cry, no strife.
Charles G. D. Roberts, a pre-Confederation poet now recognized as a father of Canadian literature, was born in 1860 in New Brunswick. He published his first book of poetry, Orion and Other Poems, at age 20. Three more volumes of poetry rapidly followed, and in 1895, Roberts was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. A teacher at King’s College, Roberts left his post in 1897 to embark on a freelance writing career that took him to New York and Europe. He wrote poetry, fiction and non-fiction while abroad, returning to Canada in 1925. The following year, he was elected president of the Canadian Authors' Association, and eight years before his death in 1943, Roberts was knighted for his literary contribution.
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