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
A distinctive new Viognier with an abundance of stone fruit, spice notes, and a lovely fragrance of orange blossom. The palate shows ripe, clean flavours of peach, tangerine and lemon candy. A rich, creamy wine with excellent balance and understated power.
Winemaker’s Notes
| 100% Viognier | |
| 13.5% Alc. | R.S. 6.3 g/l | T.A. 6.1 g/l | |
| Unoaked | |
| Harvest: | October 7, 2008 |
| Vineyards: | Osoyoos |
