From my favorite PEC producer comes this terroir-driven Pinot redolent with strawberry, cranberry, cherry, floral, vanilla, earth and mineral notes. There is sweet fruit on the palate with fresh acidity and suave tannins which will ensure at least 5 years of aging. Very pretty indeed!
Grapes sourced mainly from Blind Creek, Similkameen, with some Mourvedre and Syrah from the Okanagan Valley. The Grenache and Mourvedre were co-fermented with Syrah skins, in open top fermenters, basket pressed, then aged in partially new French oak. Lifted wild berry notes with floral and anise hints precede a plush, full-bodied palate of plum and raspberry with vanilla notes, spicy pepper through a juicy, lengthy finish.
Grapes sourced mainly from Blind Creek, Similkameen, with some Syrah from the Okanagan Valley, delicately handled in open top fermenters, then aged in French oak. From an excellent vintage, ripe, forward red and black fruit with mineral and pepper notes, followed by an intensely fruited but well balanced palate, mouth-filling and well rounded with assertive but approachable, well integrated tannins, inviting layers of mulberry, blackberry, dark fruits and vanilla, primed by vibrant, lingering acidity through the persistent, lingering close. A superb expression for drinking now but also with good aging potential.
There is an unmistakable meatiness and earthiness to all Quarry Road Pinots and this is no exception. The fruit is aged for 16 months in French oak and the nose shows savoury red cherry, raspberry, loam, spice, nutmeg and mineral notes. It has grippy tannins on the palate and some weight, revealing darker fruits, dried cherries, savoury spice notes and a certain freshness on the finish.
A job well done as Malvoire winemaker, Shiraz Mottiar, has turned in a serious Cabernet Sauvignon from a challenging red wine vintage in Niagara. On the full end of the spectrum, there is a complex mix of cassis, chocolate, green olive, violets, tobacco, spice, cocoa and vanilla. Great length and ready to serve alongside a rack of lamb.
Even though it is an almost equal parts of Cab Sauv and Syrah, it is the pepper and smoke of the Syrah which first greets the sense. This is then followed by cassis, violets, cocoa and oregano. Medium body and fine length.
A structured Cab Franc with lots of tannins underpinning the cassis, violets, thyme, graphite, spice and vanilla. Great length but still needs a year or two in the bottle to come together. Requires something grilled, preferably along the lines of cow.