Mainly Pinot Blanc and Pinot Auxerrois “cocktail” blend, with a splash of Pinot Gris and Müller Thurgau, plus another splash of Siegerrebe, Gewürz and Sauv Blanc. Up-front floral notes plus a hint of smoke precede a well-balanced palate of stone fruit and melon plus a steely edge from mineral undertones.
Made from almost equal parts of Napa and Sonoma fruit, this Merlot is everything that you want from the varietal — plum, blackberries, black cherries, spice, coffee and cocoa — all built on a medium-bodied frame. Ripe, rich and easy to drink, it offers immediate gratification, or will age pleasantly for couple of years.
This opaque black wine has a purple rim. The combination of crème de cassis, raspberries, vanilla, dark chocolate, spice and hints of molasses flatter the senses. Full bodied, there is excellent length as well as firm yet ripe tannins. Drink it over the next 5 years.
One of BC’s most enduring wines (and at one time the Okanagan’s biggest selling white) yields varietally precise character, with upfront notes of rose petal, spice, tropical and stone fruit before a lush palate wrapped in gentle acidity and ginger hints.
Clear medium-deep browning garnet. Nose starts as warm cherry pie, then morphs to dates and figs. On the palate, it starts off with blackberries, with lots of Italian acidity and soft tannins, then ripens in the glass to black cherry. Low alcohol (relative to Californian Zins) makes this a good wine for spicy pizzas.
Deep ruby colour; cedary, blackberry with notes of dried herbs on the nose; medium to full-bodied, dry, elegant, firmly structured and beautifully balanced with well-integrated ok. Savoury black fruit flavours. Hold 4-5 years.
Fine dark cherry scents with a dusting of cinnamon and clove open the way for appetizing bitter black cherry flavour with solid structure, good overall balance and a dry, well-integrated finish.