Domaine Queylus
Domaine Queylus is located atop the Niagara Escarpment in Ontario’s renowned winemaking region, the Niagara Peninsula.
Guided by the vision of our founding president, Gilles Chevalier, and a group of keen investors from Quebec, we began our winemaking story with our first vintage in 2010. Our winery retail store and tasting room followed in 2014. Selecting only varieties which we have identified as perfectly adaptable to our vineyards' complex soils and microclimate, we craft premium, cool-climate wines from Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Cabernet Franc, and Merlot.
Combining our strong terroir with the dynamic experience of our Head Winemaker, Kelly Mason, we are able to achieve an exceptional elegance to our classically styled wines.
We invite you to join us in the tasting room to sample our carefully curated portfolio. In the summer, enjoy a glass with food pairings on our scenic patio while weather permits.
MOUNTAINVIEW
Our Mountainview Vineyard, planted in 2008, is located in the Lincoln Lakeshore sub-appellation. It is 20 acres of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Cabernet Franc and Merlot planted on silty-clay, limestone-laced soils, with sand occurring at the northern end of the vineyard.
SIXTEEN ROAD
Our Sixteen Road Vineyard, located on the Domaine Queylus property, is 100% clay and planted with 2 acres of Marquette. Marquette is an American hybrid grape designed to survive the harsh winters we experience on our property away from the protection of the escarpment and the warming effects of Lake Ontario.
We believe in sustainable viticulture. The vines are grown organically (uncertified) out of respect for the precious, fragile soils of the Niagara Bench. No synthetic herbicides or insecticides are used. As of colour-change (véraison), all of our vineyards are covered with nets to protect the low-yielding vines. Each vineyard is cared for by hand, including pruning; shoot-thinning; shoot positioning; leaf pulling; green harvesting; and hand-harvesting. We also plant cover crops between the rows in the vineyard to naturally break up the soil for aeration and add vital nutrients such as nitrogen back into the soil.