HOP's entry-level Baco features raspberry, blackberry, cinnamon, violets, chocolate, spice and herbs which flow out of the glass and onto the taste buds. Nice depth and freshness. Drink now with grilled sausages.
Vinified in stainless steel, this Merlot delivers plum, raspberry, Bing cherry, smoke, leather and spice. Medium body, medium tannins and fresh acidity round out the package. Drink up.
This wine is aptly named, as barbecue fare (as well as pasta/pizza) would be brilliant with this juicy red. Black pepper, raspberry, carnation and herbs are supported by soft tannins and fresh acidity.
This wine delivers well above its pay grade. Medium-plus body, it provides a rich mouthful of plum, blackberry, raspberry, violets, tar, spice and chocolate. There is fine length with ripe tannins and just a hint of residual sugar. Steak time!
The nose shows black cherry, herbs, spice, cassis, liquorice, bramble, earth and smoky tobacco notes. It has firm tannic structure on the palate with a darker tone to the fruit, layered and savoury spices, earth and a fairly long finish.
Sourced from the warm, sandy Black Sage Bench, this one offers fine red fruit with toasty, peppery, savoury and smoky aromas and raspberry, with peppery spice in the mouth. Smoothly textured with firm, but not overbearing tannins, it needs a little more time for youthful acidity to settle down.
Made exclusively from selected fruit, estate-grown in Okanagan Falls, this classic Bordeaux blend spent 15 months in French and American oak and a further 14 months in bottle prior to release. It shows some development on the nose with deeply concentrated blackcurrant and blackberry fruit and harmoniously balanced acidity. Heavy, dry tannins need more time to settle down.