Sharing with you a couple of special offerings going into the holiday season. While the honest truth is there is not a lot in the ‘ol archive around here, we did manage to rustle up a couple classics for you.
Offering number 1 is a four pack offering that includes TWO bottles each of the 2015 Tertre Rouge and 2017 Storm Haven ‘Black Label’ Riesling. This comes in at $144.99 + tax available online
Offering number 2 expands on that and is a 6 pack that includes two new releases to compare and contrast: the 2020 Block 3/Gibsons Riesling and Storm Haven Cabernet Franc. These vintages were very very different conditions and this offers a very interesting perspective that vintage has in relation to land and hand. This is $234.99 + tax available online
Details below and how to order.
Best of Synchromesh – Library 4 pack
This collection is a salute to 2 extreme years, 2015 and 2017; 2 vintages that were compelling years for completely different reasons. Enclosed will be TWO bottles each of the 2015 Tertre Rouge along with the 2017 Storm Haven Riesling. (note, the Black Label Riesling is what evolved into the Block 3/Gibbson Storm Haven Blue Label)
2015 Tertre Rouge:
Aged for 20 months in French Oak with 50% new barrels, bottled without fining or filtration. This stunning property has perfect conditions for long slow ripening of Cabernet Franc and Merlot producing. Fantastic flavour and tannin ripeness while keeping brightness and balance. 2015 was one of the hottest vintages on record and produced a substantial and broody wine, highly complex and layered.
Violets, brambly blackberry and dense chocolate cake are kept lively by signature bright acidity and raspberry coulis freshness.
2017 Storm Haven Vineyard Riesling:
Grown at our home Storm Haven Vineyard, this Riesling was hand cultivated with minimal interference and natural low cropping to create a wine that truly expresses the Storm Haven Vineyard site. Every year this special site shows it’s unique ability to retain excellent range of acid and delicacy while developing great depth and complexity. This wine consists of five separate picks across two soil structures of course sandy loam, and decomposed granite with gravel and five separate fermentations.
Dried mango and candied ginger give way to ripe apple and remarkable viscosity as the mouth endlessly carries fleshy, fuzzy peach and huge acidity structure. 2017 was a great year for us and was an elegant and cool vintage, in great contrast to 2015 (and this year too!). This resulted in a series of wines that were fresh, delicate and complex with detailed acidity and tonnes of length. These should be wines with a long life ahead of them.
‘This is the premium riesling from Canada’s riesling specialist. Storm Haven is Alan Dickinson’s home estate vineyard in Okanagan Falls, a stunning biodiverse site perched on outflow from a mountain pass, and nestled at the base of Peachcliff Mountain. It’s easily one of the top sites planted in BC. Low intervention in the vineyard and winery, this was picked in three stages to best express the site. Driving limey minerality, apricot, white peach is held taut with a tight brace of acidity and rasp of broken stones. The palate is absolutely electric with riveting acidity, easily and nimbly carrying the RS along the sleek palate to a lengthy finish. Rainwater freshness and allure in youth (this is just a wee baby), this vintage of Storm Haven will be one that ages beautifully and for a very long time.
$144.99 + tax available online
Best of Synchromesh – a mix of old and new
This collection is a salute to 2 extreme years, 2015 and 2017; 2 vintages that were compelling years for completely different reasons. Enclosed will be TWO bottles each of the 2015 Tertre Rouge along with the 2017 Storm Haven Riesling. (note, the Black Label Riesling is what evolved into the Block 3/Gibbson Storm Haven Blue Label). Contrasting those two classics are two brand new wines from the home vineyard (Storm Haven): the 2020 Block 2/Gibssons Riesling and Cabernet Franc. 2020 was completely different than both 2015 and 17, and these wines fully reflect that.
2015 Tertre Rouge:
Aged for 20 months in French Oak with 50% new barrels, bottled without fining or filtration. This stunning property has perfect conditions for long slow ripening of Cabernet Franc and Merlot producing. Fantastic flavour and tannin ripeness while keeping brightness and balance. 2015 was one of the hottest vintages on record and produced a substantial and broody wine, highly complex and layered.
Violets, brambly blackberry and dense chocolate cake are kept lively by signature bright acidity and raspberry coulis freshness.
2017 Storm Haven Vineyard Riesling:
Grown at our home Storm Haven Vineyard, this Riesling was hand cultivated with minimal interference and natural low cropping to create a wine that truly expresses the Storm Haven Vineyard site. Every year this special site shows it’s unique ability to retain excellent range of acid and delicacy while developing great depth and complexity. This wine consists of five separate picks across two soil structures of course sandy loam, and decomposed granite with gravel and five separate fermentations.
Dried mango and candied ginger give way to ripe apple and remarkable viscosity as the mouth endlessly carries fleshy, fuzzy peach and huge acidity structure. 2017 was a great year for us and was an elegant and cool vintage, in great contrast to 2015 (and this year too!). This resulted in a series of wines that were fresh, delicate and complex with detailed acidity and tonnes of length. These should be wines with a long life ahead of them.
One bottle each of:
2020 Gibson/Block 3 ‘Blue Label’ Riesling – x 1
SOIL: Decomposing granite and sandy gravel
TASTE: Fleshy mango meat, dried mango, ginger, honeysuckle and acid, acid, acid. Endless, highly textured finish. Medium dry.
2020 Storm Haven Vineyard ‘Blue Label’ Cabernet Franc – x 1
SOIL: Sandy loam with broken granite and quartz
TASTE: Clones 214 and 332. Bright raspberry, dusty blackberry and sarsaparilla. Resinous, fine grained structure that carries on the finish
$234.99 + tax available online
Update on Shipping:
We are able to get orders to the Coast. They are taking a little extra time and as we head towards even busier times that I’m sure is only going to get more exacerbated so if you are interested in these offerings, please act quickly so we can assure they get to you in due time.
We very much appreciate your support and understanding. Thank you all, and hope you’ve had a good year and a happy upcoming holidays.
Andrew at Synchromesh Wines
Information and images courtesy of the winery.
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