Sourced from multiple vineyards throughout the Peninsula, and aged in 20% new barrels, this wine is a chorus of plums, black raspberries, violets¸ spice and vanilla. The palate is graceful, but still a little disorderly, so let it sit in the cellar until the end of the year and then drink it until 2014.
Here is a real flatterer! Lawrence Buhler has produced a solid Cabernet Franc from the difficult red vintage of 2008. Wonderfully elegant, the perfume is a mélange of raspberries, cassis, cocoa, coffee and sweet tobacco, and is built on a medium-bodied frame. In the mouth, there is a sweet core of fruit, soft tannins, and it provides a long finish. It is ready to drink with your favourite cut of steak or lamb chops, marinated in garlic and Greek oregano.
Dense ruby-purple in colour, this Syrah is a serious wine with a spicy, blackberry and vanilla oak nose. More Northern Rhône than Aussie, it’s medium bodied, fresh and lively on the palate with ripe tannins and firm structure.
A simple, straightforward style with lychee, spice, citrus, and pear aromas and flavours with a soft palate and slightly off-dry finish. Look for more complexity in future vintages as the vines continue to mature. A nice match with Asian cuisine.
Trio of stainless steel fermentation, minimal lees contact and no malolactic fermentation ensures unbridled freshness. Green apple, melon, honey and herbs appear throughout, with peach notes on finish. Exhibits firmer texture than previous softer expressions. Pair with BC spot prawns.
This wine won a Silver Medal at the 2010 Ottawa Wine Challenge. Straw-coloured with a bouquet of peach and grapefruit and that characteristic petrol note that Riesling develops with age. Light bodied. There’s a honeyed note in mid-palate that’s nicely balanced with the citrus fruit, finishing crisply dry.
Very pale in colour, but don’t let that fool you. This Riesling has real varietal character — a nose of lime and minerals; it’s light-bodied, elegant and clean on the plate with zesty flavours of lime and peach.