2008 I Greppi (Bordeaux Blend)
Bolgheri Greppicante
Italy
$29.99
Silver Medal
Tasted 2014 09
Garnet red in colour with hints of brick and medium plus intensity. Dark fruit and secondary aromas of leather, tar, earth and toast. Well balanced. Layered flavours echo the nose with a medium long finish.
2009 Bordeaux
Chateau de la Riviere
Fronsac, France
$42.95
Bronze Medal
Tasted 2014 09
Garnet red with deep intensity. A simple nose with fruit and bramble aromas. Good balance with grippy tannins. Clean on the palate, with simple flavours and a medium-short finish.
2012 Cabernet / Merlot
Sumac Ridge
Summerland, BC
$14.99
Bronze Medal
Tasted 2014 09
Garnet red in colour tinged with purple and deep intensity. Bramble aromas dominate the fruit on the nose. Good balance with soft acid. Pleasing fruit on the palate with a medium finish.
NV Cabernet / Merlot (Proprietor’s Reserve)
Peller Estates
Kelowna, BC
$8.99
No Medal
Tasted 2014 09
Garnet red with purple and medium intensity. Simple fruit and cotton candy aromas on the nose. Acceptable balance with thin body. Clean on the palate with candy flavours and a short finish. A generic wine.
2009 Chardonnay (McLean Creek Vineyard)
Meyer family
Okanagan Falls, BC
$29.98
Silver Medal
Tasted 2014 10
This wine is yellow straw in colour with medium deep intensity. The nose shows aromas of honey, apple pie, melon and citrus. Very well balanced. The palate shows well-integrated oak and fruit with flavours of apple, lemon and vanilla and a medium-long finish. This wine was whole cluster pressed and aged in French oak.
2010 Gewürztraminer
Intrigue
Lake Country, BC
$16.90
Bronze medal
Tasted 2014 10
Lemon yellow in colour with medium intensity. Aromas of honey and pleasing varietal character on the nose, with delicate stone fruit, lychee and spice. Good balance. The palate shows flavours of tree and tropical fruit along with honey and a medium finish. This wine is similar to gewürztraminers from Alsace. At four years old, this wine would have been fresher and more fruit forward earlier on, but the age has mellowed it very nicely. I’m glad I hung on to it.
2011 Viognier
Church and State
Oliver, BC
$19.90
Silver Medal
Tasted 2014 10
Pale straw with medium-light intensity. Honey and peach aromas on the nose. Well balanced with good mouth feel. The palate shows flavours of dry peach, pear, apricot and honey with a medium-long finish.
