Honey, orange and stone fruit up front precede a more off-dry but clean palate of tropical fruits, peach and apricot. From estate-grown old vines that date from the '70s Becker project. Think firm cheeses or lightly spiced Asian or Indian fare.
Hugely extracted, this sticky exudes intense peach, honeycomb, orange marmalade, vanilla, sponge toffee and spice. Excellent length and well suited to blue cheeses or custard-based desserts.
The 2012 version of Les Etoiles, made in the traditional method, is a blend of 60% Chardonnay and 40% Pinot Noir. The nose shows grapefruit, pear, brioche, toast and smoky-flinty notes. It’s racy on the palate with a healthy, persistent stream of bubbles that accent flavours of fresh grapefruit, pear, citrus and that vein of flinty minerality.
This is made from 100% Chardonnay aged in 5-year-old oak barrels with zero dosage. It’s so fresh and perky on the nose with lemon, biscuit, apricot, lime, grapefruit and creamy pear with leesy-vanilla-mineral accents. It’s nicely aged but still bright and cheerful on the palate with citrus, brioche and pear flavours to go with a creamy, textured mouthfeel.
A nose of peach compote, honey, tangerine and citrus. It’s thick, unctuous and luxurious on the palate with velvety texture that shows off the ripe peach, honeycomb and apricot flavours. A very well made Icewine with a whopping 280 g/l of residual sugar that finds balance from the bright acidity.
Apple and pear on the nose, with a beautifully integrated fresh-fruit palate and deft use of French oak that delivers creaminess and structure in truly elegant harmony. A poignant reminder that prior to the mad rush to Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc was BC’s most widely planted white.
This Cabernet Sauvignon reveals a combination of fruit and savoury. Cassis, vanilla, Indian spice, coconut, mint and herbs are supported by some solid tannin. Hold until 2016 and then drink until 2023. Rack of lamb was made for this red.