Vintage Report
Spring began cooler-than-usual but warm and dry conditions prevailed providing the ideal growing and ripening weather for another typically great Okanagan vintage. Crush commenced on September 15th, was marked by warmer-than-normal temperatures and picking was largely unhurried, steady and slightly longer-than-usual, finally wrapping up on November 10th. Careful vine management, tight pruning regimes and irrigation control came to the fore in allowing the estate-grown fruit to reach excellent maturation levels and optimal phenolic ripeness. The whites are aromatic and elegant and the reds have superior structure with excellent balance and character.
Tasting Notes
Rich blackberry aromas, with hints of cigar box, follow through to a full-bodied palate. Both elegant and supple with excellent structure, this mouth-filling red is nicely balanced with rich tannins and toasty oak. The Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon has been barrel fermented and aged in French and American oak for 12 months.
Winemaker’s Notes
| 100% Cabernet Sauvignon | |
| 13.5% Alc. | R.S. 3.4 g/l | T.A. 6.3 g/l | 750 mL | |
| Oaked: | Aged in French & American oak for 12 months |
| Harvest: | October 2008 |
| Vineyards: | Osoyoos & Oliver |
