“These cold climate reds are never going to achieve the kind of ripeness
you’d find in, say, Napa or Sonoma, nor should they.”

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The two regional Bordeaux blends in this report had been resting patiently in our cellar for the last decade, but lately, I’ve been eying them with some trepidation. I was worried that they might be getting a bit long in the tooth, and wouldn’t show nearly as well as they might have a few years ago. The Left Foot Charley Cadia was gifted to me after my first musical performance at LFC by owner/winemaker Bryan Ulbrich. The Tawse Cab Merlot was purchased around the same time from the winery, during one of our visits to our partner-in-crime, Alan Kerr aka Canadian Zinfan, of Gang of Pour infamy. A few nights ago, I finally decided that it was time to pull corks and see what we have been sitting on for so long.

We’ve been fans of Left Foot Charley from the very beginning. We like everything they make, be it red, white, bubbly or cider, but our focus until now has been more on their Pinot Blanc and Rieslings, which have been top-notch. This was the maiden voyage for LFC’s Cadia, which has so far only been bottled in 2011, 2013, 2016 and 2017, according to their online media guide.
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