Haywire Pinot Gris Switchback Vineyard Raised in Concrete 2012
Summerland Bench, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaFrom the cellar. 2012 was the year of Pedro Parra's intensive GIS soil mapping and the first vintage for carving up Switchback vineyard into five distinct plots. Each was vinified separately (some in concrete, some wild ferment), before they were pieced back together for the desired final result. Pedro refers to this technique as "Frankenstein wine", as it is constructed from parts, with
the goal being that the sum is a greater force than the components on their own. Now, four years along, this organically farmed wine shows nutty, earthy notes, walnut shell and heady honey, with white cherry blossoms, broken stones, green fig, quince paste and a plump layer of herbal lees lining the whole. Textural pear skin and a pierce of medicinal pear oil is brightened with bell-ringing acidity. Drinking well now, so if you have in your cellar, reward yourself.Tasted: 03 March 2017Tasted by: Prices:
BC
$23.00
750ml
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Producer: Haywire by Okanagan Crush PadDistributors: Winery Direct Grape: Pinot Gris/Pinot GrigioCSPC: 629444UPC: 00626990161783
Haywire Pinot Gris Switchback Vineyard Raised in Concrete 2012
Summerland Bench, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaWaxy, lime, pea shoot, grassy, light honey and slate aromas with a whiff of matchstick. Fresh, round, creamy palate with lees, slate, floral, lime, grassy, green apple skin flavours and a light nutty, leesy finish. Good texture and delicacy if a bit tart at the end. Needs a year to integrate the wild ferment and lees characters with the acidity. This wine is on a different tract where site will soon overtake the grape. Try this with simply-prepared, fresh-grilled fish. Fermented in egg-shaped concrete tanks.Tasted: 09 June 2014Tasted by: Prices:
BC
$23.00
750ml
winery direct
Producer: Haywire by Okanagan Crush PadDistributors: Winery Direct Grape: Pinot Gris/Pinot GrigioCSPC: 629444UPC: 00626990161783
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