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Benjamin Bridge

Benjamin Bridge’s estate vineyard slopes down to the Gaspereau river. Where the vineyard touches the river there is a public bridge built by the Benjamin family. Owner Gerry McConnell established his winery in 2000, hiring Peter Gamble as consulting winemaker. After being given a three-year time limit in which to achieve something that was palate-worthy, Gamble proceeded to have climate and soil studies done, and found that Growth Degree Days (GDD) and diurnal temperature variations, and the presence of gypsum in the soil were very similar to conditions in Champagne. In Gamble’s words, “the challenge before me was to produce prestige sparkling cuvées where none had been previously imagined.” However, making inexpensive sparklers was out of the question. “This is because the naturally low crop levels mean that we get at most 1 to 1.5 tons of grapes per acre (compared to about 6 tons per acre in Champagne), meaning that we’d never be competitive price-wise at the entry level, but only at the top end of the market."

From Canada’s Maritime Provinces: A New Wine Frontier (Oct 2016) by Ian D'Agata

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2011 Brut Méthode Classique

Release Price: $34

Color: Sparkling White

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