La Stella - Espressivo 2023A Super Toscana inspired blend of cabernet franc, cabernet sauvignon, merlot, and sangiovese, with 18 months in French barrels (10% new). This year's shows ample ripe, dark, brooding fruit imbued with violets, peonies, black cherry, and dusky blackberry. The southern Okanagan heft is bound by ample, structural espresso clad tannins that draw to a peppery violet close. Very much in youth, this masterful handling will best reveal itself with time in
Famille Perrin bottles a wide range of wines that include Château de Beaucastel
Hand harvesting is followed by fermentation in stainless steel tanks
the Domaine de la Cadette
Ross Fitzpatrick first visited Greata Ranch with his dad looking to buy fruit for the packing house
Sakura is silky
was born in 1811
this light bodied white was tank fermented on full lees for up to six months
Farming is mostly done by hand with minimal tractor use
yet unlike many of the smaller grower Champagne houses that have only begun to estate bottle under their own labels in recent decades
expressive and innovative wines that convey the spirit of the new world
chardonnay and native grapes obaideh and merwah
it is matured in new and seasoned American and French oak barrels for 12 to 24 months prior to bottling
