Black Cloud Wine Altostratus Pinot Noir
2008 Vintage Tasted: October 2010 Altostratus is that kid in high school that hasn’t quite realized their “cool potential” yet. It’s not to say that they don’t fit in with the cool kids, but they tend to slide under the radar a little unnoticed. Black Cloud wine is the “virtual winery” project of Bradley Cooper, [...]
Quails Gate Pinot Noir
2008 Vintage Tasted: September 2010 Quails’ Gate is one of the original Pinot Noir producers in the valley and like the other veteran producers in the valley they produce two different versions. This particular one is the lighter less expensive version, while the other is their Stewart Family Reserve which is a little heartier and [...]
Amayna Pinot Noir
2008 Vintage Tasted: September 2010 This was an excellent Pinot Noir from the Leyda Valley in San Antonio, Chile with some earth and oaky complexity to it. Nice ripe fruit flavour abounds this medium bodied Pinot. At $30CAD it is about what I expect from this price level and I am not disappointed at all. [...]
Foxtrot Pinot Noir
2006 Vintage Tasted: August 2010 The Foxtrot Pinot Noir has become a much storied wine around the Naramata Bench in the last couple of years both for its legendary price and its taste. I’d heard some mixed reviews from friends but have always wanted to try it for myself. Recently the chance arose on an [...]
Wild Goose Pinot Noir
Wild Goose Pinot Noir hails from the rolling vineyards of Okanagan Falls — home to some of the Pinot Noir greats of the Okanagan Valley. 2008 Vintage Tasted: August 2010 It’s not very often when tasting a glass of wine delivers me back to my childhood, but in this case it did. The host poured [...]
Tantalus Pinot Noir
2008 Vintage Tasted: August 2010 This may very well be one of my favourite Pinot Noirs in the Okanagan Valley. It has the slightly over-ripe raspberry/cassis/blackberry flavour profile that I would expect from a reserve level Pinot Noir with a nice caramel/oak backbone. It’s smooth and elegant with hints of caramel, earth and spice. I’d [...]
