Eau Vivre wines were part of our #FavouriteThings Holiday Gift Suggestions and we are still as thrilled with these wines now that it’s spring and our #ShiptoSip campaign is in full swing.
The Similkameen Valley is producing some excellent wines and we are pleased to pass on the offer of free shipping for orders of 12 or more bottles of wine from Eau Vivre.
Here are the wines that we are recommending for your sipping pleasure:
2018 Cinq Blanc
Tasting Notes: Tropical aromas of pineapple, white peach, passion fruit and mango lead the way to a rich textural mouthfeel with accents of honeydew, meon and star fruit. Finishes with balanced juicy acidity.
Pinot Gris 35.5% Riesling 24% Viogier 16% Gewürztrainer 15.5% Chardonnay 9% 649 cases produced
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2018 Pinot Noir
Tasting Notes: Black fruits, spice, liquorice and violets along with truffle, mushroom and smoke emante from the glass. On the palate this juicy complex Pinot displays more red and black fruits while being structurally balanced. 164 cases produced
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2017 Merlot
Tasting Notes: Loaded with ripe jammy fruit of dark plums, blackberry, black cherry and spice. The palate is lush with structured flavours of dark cherry, vanilla and toast. Finishes with a balanced supple finish. 314 cases produced
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About Sukh and Neetu Bajwa
Sukh and Neetu Bajwa bought Eau Vivre winery in 2017, it’s our third harvest we are still fairly new at this and learning the ropes as we go. This was our dream and Sukh’s passion for more than a decade, a lot of hard work and believe it or not Sukh is doing it all by himself. He wants to learn every aspect of winemaking and vineyard management. Anthony Buchanan is our consulting winemaker as Sukh’s background is nothing about winemaking.
Sukh was civil engineer and then entrepreneur and owned a couple of hospitality businesses. We fell in love with winemaking when we first visited the Okanagan in 2005 and then it took 10 years for Sukh to convince me, lol.
We fell in love with Eau Vivre when we first tasted their wine and couldn’t resist that it was for sale, excellent wines almost all of them award winning especially Pinot noir which won Lieutenant Governor awards.
We only have 3 acres and 2 acres are planted in Riesling and gewurztraminer, the vines are approx 15 years old. 2019 the harvest was a low yield because of the cold snap earlier this year. We lost almost 40% of our vines. Summer was good, no fire, hence no smoke but August was a bit wet and September was the wettest in recent history. End product is looking really good, though low alcohol levels, but really aromatic, less case production.
We make small batch high quality wines and will continue to do so, future planning is to buy some more land in Similkameen if possible. We are transitioning from sustainable growing to certified organic in five years.
Bottle shots, tasting notes and image courtesy of the winery.
