2016 Chardonnay
Le Renard
Bourgogne (Burgundy), France
$28.99
Golden yellow with medium-minus intensity. Aromas of flowers, stone fruit, lime, hints of butterscotch and honeydew on the nose. Good balance with a delicate creamy texture. Bright on the palate with flavours reflecting the nose followed by a medium-plus finish. Good value Burgundy.
2021 Rosé
Road 13
Oliver, BC
$19.99
Delicate Queen Anne cherry colour with medium-minus intensity. Strawberry, grapefruit zest, juicy Mandarin orange, and floral notes. Well balanced with good mouthfeel. The palate echoes the nose followed by a medium-plus finish. Delicious!
2018 Let Me Be Franc
Liber Farm and Winery
Cawston, BC
$27.79
Garnet red with medium-deep intensity. The nose displays aromas of plum, raspberry, cherries, red currants, dusty herbs, white pepper, and savoury notes. Good balance with fully ripe tannins. The flavours follow the nose and end in a medium-long finish with some leafy notes.
2017 Cahors (100% Malbec)
Domaine de Cause
Cahors, France
$33.99
From a family-owned winery in the southeast of France, this wine is garnet/black with deep intensity. The nose displays aromas of earth, chocolate, bramble, blueberry, plum, black olive, gravel, and white pepper. Good balance with firm ripe tannins. Earth, spice, black cherries, plum, and chocolate on the palate followed by a medium-plus finish. Very approachable, but better if aged for another three to eight years.
2016 Merlot
Scorched Earth
Kelowna, BC
$27.99
The fruit for this wine came from the Golden Mile Bench in Oliver. Garnet red in colour with deep intensity. The nose is a cacophony of aromas including cherries, ripe plums, violets, dusty herbs bacon, blackberry, smoke, vanilla, spice, and a hint of honeysuckle. Very well balanced. The flavours echo the nose followed by a medium-long finish. There is a lot of concentration in this wine. Be sure to give it lots of time to decant.
(All photos – Sam Hauck)
