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Burrowing Owl Chardonnay 2013

Burrowing Owl Chardonnay 2013

There are elements in Burrowing Owl’s 2013 Chardonnay suggestive of a wine from a warmer climate, the defining edge of it—a length of acidity that makes its presence known from start to finish, is the one element that queues this taster to Canada’s more northerly latitudes of the Okanagan Valley. There is a sense of […]

SpierHead Okanagan Valley Pinot Noir Cuvée 2014

SpierHead Okanagan Valley Pinot Noir Cuvée 2014

The lighter, more tensile side of Pinot Noir, Spierhead’s 2014 Cuvée is aged in French oak and is made up of 35% Dijon 115, 25% Dijon 667, 25% Dijon 828, and 15% Pommard. Brambly forest berries, cranberries, mint, and bark are suspended in dust kicked up from a summer windstorm. It’s very clean on the […]

Le Vieux Pin Sauvignon Blanc 2015

Le Vieux Pin Sauvignon Blanc 2015

One of the wineries our firm, Cascadia Fine Wines markets in Asia—the 2015 Le Vieux Pin Sauvignon Blanc is elegant and restrained. It’s not as lush as it’s New Zealand or Bordeaux counterparts. Classic aromas of lime pith, gooseberry, pine, d’Anjou pear, and a dusting of minerality. It’s medium-bodied, yet marvelously intense in character. Barrel […]

CHRISTINE HAVENS
McMinnville, OR

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