Long, warm summer. The first vintage to be made at the new winery, so although it was a cool, wet fall, we could carefully select perfect grapes. Handpicking and the use of two sorting tables allowed severe selection at every step. Pineapple, spice, butter, hints of toast on the nose with apple, lemon citrus and vanilla on the palate and a wonderful long mouth feel. A baby, this is showing well now but will continue to develop complexity for years.
$50/750mL.

92 Points - "Clean, very fresh, low oak influence seems to be nicely integrated, some mineral notes, green apple, cream. Dry, clean, fresh, highly flavoured - this is a step up from the 2006 Triomphe, at least stylistically different. Lovely hazelnut flavours linger on and on, and acidity is rivetingly fresh. Drink late 2009 on."
John Szabo, First in Line

featuring an excerpt from
I'm Alive, I Believe in Everything
by Lesley Choyce

Self. Brotherhood. God. Zeus. Communism.
Capitalism. Buddha. Vinyl records.
Baseball. Ink. Trees. Cures for disease.
Saltwater. Literature. Walking. Waking.
Arguments. Decisions. Ambiguity. Absolutes.
Presence. Absence. Positive and Negative.
Empathy. Apathy. Sympathy and entropy.

Verbs are necessary. So are nouns.
Empty skies. Dark vacuums of night.
Visions. Revisions. Innocence.
I've seen All the empty spaces yet to be filled.
I've heard All of the sounds that will collect
At the end of the world.
And the silence that follows.

I'm alive , I believe in everything
I'm alive, I believe in it all.

Waves lapping on the shore.
Skies on fire at sunset.
Old men dancing in the streets.
Paradox and possibility.
Sense and sensibility.
Cold logic and half truth.
Final steps and first impressions.
Fools and fine intelligence
Chaos and clean horizons
Vague notions and concrete certainty
Optimism in the face of adversity.

I'm alive, I believe in everything
I'm alive, I believe in it all.
The Ottawa Citizen called Lesley Choyce a national treasure. The late CBC broadcaster Peter Gzowski described him as Nova Scotia’s answer to a renaissance man. Lesley Choyce has published seventy books of fiction, non-fiction and poetry for both adults and children. He also hosts a nationally syndicated TV talk show called Off the Page, and his recent novel, Cold Clear Morning, is currently being developed into a feature-length movie. Born in New Jersey, Choyce became a Canadian citizen in 1978 and lives in a 200-year-old farmhouse in Lawrencetown Beach, Nova Scotia overlooking the ocean. He surfs year round in the North Atlantic, and along with his band, the Surf Poets, Choyce has released two poetry/music albums, Long Lost Planet and Sea Level.

www.lesleychoyce.com
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