Ontario Wine Spot #11-Rosewood

Early the morning we were to leave, we awoke to do laundry before going to Rosewood, a dual purpose alcoholic beverage producer. By which I mean they not only make wine, but also mead. For those of you who aren't vikings, mead is the drink of the conquerors, and is basically made from fermented honey in the same style of wine. It can be utterly revolting, but when it's good, it's oh so good. Rosewood seems to be split in their concentration between wine and mead, which lead me to believe neither would be good. I was wrong. Though their wines weren't the most impressive, I think their meads were top level, and each one was highly enjoyable on the level of a great sweet wine. We had a gracious dude who had previously worked for Lailey and a couple other vineyards around and was attending viniculture courses in Niagara College. He was really well-versed in the goings on. We also met the daughter of the owners, who doubles as a sales rep, and was happy to recommend a billion restaurants in Toronto for us. None of which we would visit but a bunch of which really interested me.

Oaked Chardonnay-
-really a perfect level of oak for me.
-sadly not too much flavour alongside the oaken characters.

Riesling-
-high acid, tight riesling with some citrus five alive style notes

Rose-
-another decent rose, nice juicy berry beginning that tapers off to a mineral dry finish, balancing the sweetness.

Harvest Gold mead-
Their average level mead, which I wasn't overly impressed with, but still a decent beverage

Mon Cherie-
-Mead tinted red with sour cherries, a really delicious combination, adding complexity and fun to the mead.

Mead Blanc-
-like the upgrade of their harvest gold label, similar profile, way better mouthfeel and a nice flavour. Super impressive mead.

Grand Reserve Ambrosia-
-Honestly the big bad grand daddy of any other mead I've ever had. So tasty I could easily see it paired with food or cheese. Would be an amazing thing to have a tasting menu paired with wines and get this one course. Not only would it impress diners, it would educate them a little too. This is really a great drink, and deserves more attention than any of the wines they produce.