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Blue Mountain Pinot Noirtext
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Blue Mountain Pinot Noir 2009

Okanagan Falls, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaThere is plenty to like here beginning with a standard the rest of the valley would do well to ape. The wine is open top fermented, hand punched down and the result is the perfect combination of red and black fruit flavours flecked with vanilla and spice form the barrel. We love its dry attack and the firm dark fruit, fresh ripe rhubarb and compost and strawberry jam flavours. You can drink it now but it will improve with age in the bottle. Love the sensible alcohol here and its greta value. The vines are now 12 to 25 years old and the vineyards include multiple clones of pinot noir that surely add to its complexity.Tasted: 03 August 2011Tasted by: Anthony GismondiPrices:
BC$25.00750mlwinery direct, private wine shops
Producer: Blue Mountain Vineyard & CellarsDistributors: Keystone Fine Wines
Rogers & Company
Grape: Pinot NoirCSPC: 329466UPC: 00626452501096