White Bear (artisan Wine Co)
Rigamarole (Artisan Wine Co)
Okanagan Valley White Blend
Strong in taste...not to sweet — 9 years ago
Ganton & Larsen Prospect Winery (Artisan Wine Co)
Larch Tree Hill Okanagan Valley VQA Riesling 2012
Canadian Riesling. Delicious honey aroma with ripe fruit. — 10 years ago
Jorge Ordoñez & Co.
#2 Victoria Málaga Moscatel 2016
At Bull and Bear w Kellie epically delicious! Number 2! — 6 years ago
Ganton & Larsen Prospect Winery (Artisan Wine Co)
Council's Punch Bowl Sauvignon Blanc 2013
Not as citrusy as New Zealand's SB, but paired well with seafood. — 10 years ago
Ganton & Larsen Prospect Winery (Artisan Wine Co)
Townsend Jack Okanagan Valley VQA Chardonnay 2012
Lovely Chardonnay. Sharp lasting finish. — 10 years ago
Ganton & Larsen Prospect Winery (Artisan Wine Co)
The Lost Bars Icewine Okanagan Valley Vidal 2013
J. Cage Cellars
Tzabaco Rancho Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2014
This inaugural vintage blend of 60% Sauvignon Blanc Clone 1 and 40% Sauvignon Blanc Musque was co-fermented from selected vineyard rows and hand-harvested fruit. The wines were aged 40% in neutral French oak and 60% in stainless steel. Gooseberry, lemongrass and wet concrete on the nose and a mouthful of lime, white peach and pie crust on the palate. Only 50 cases produced. The future looks bright for this new, family owned, artisan winery. — 10 years ago
Freddy R. Troya
Truly artisan, made in small batches from the Angeleno Wine Co. This is a quite different Albariño sourced in collaboration with Bokisch Vineyards. The V.22 was the only vintage they made as it ended up being a little bit of a warmer year in California. Grapes for this wine were harvested on August 2022 at 20.9 brix, destemmed and macerated for 20 hours overnight, then pressed it off.
It fermented in tank and then racked half of it into stainless steel barrels and half in regular neutral Hungarian oak barrels. Fermentation took off from the indigenous yeasts on the fruit and in the winery. The wine in stainless steel was not allowed to go through MLF, while the wine in oak barrels was allowed to go through MLF naturally. After 7 months, it was blended the two wines together, filtered it, then bottled.
All this processes resulted a compelling multi-layered and extremely complex Albariño never tasted before, the array of citrusy from lemon peel, ripe mandarine, to some hints of fermented pineapple on both nose and palate, takes you to a joyful savory roller-coaster, it has the prefect balance of oak and acidity, perfectly balance on the mid-and-back-end of the palate. Mouthfeel is exotic and sharp but not tarty, a very harmonious combination of acidity and dry, clean and crispy finish. If you are lucky to find it, get it as it will not disappoint. Cheers! — 9 days ago