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Laughing Stock Vineyards Syrah+09/10 2012
Oliver, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaThis wine continues to impress and surprise as the vineyard and the winemaker age. In this case the 2012 is a product of a long, warm growing season so much more amenable to ther Rhone style. Expect a fresh, floral, licorice, poultry spice and meaty nose flecked with blackberry and gingerbread. Year five is 100 percent estate grown at Perfect Hedge Vineyard in Osoyoos. Classic Northern Rhone style syrah rich in black fruits with more poultry spice, sausage meat and liquorice notes. Balanced with just the right amount of oak. Roast lamb is the ticket here. LS co-ferments its syrah with four percent viognier in stainless steel fermenters and mixes that with about 30 percent fruit fermented in French oak, 20% of which was on the stems. The wine was barrel aged for 14 months in 40% new French oak.Tasted: 22 July 2014Tasted by: Anthony Gismondi and Stuart TobePrices:| BC | $36.00 | 750ml | winery direct |
Arterra Wines Canada
Principle Fine Wines
Blend: Syrah - ViognierCSPC: 123646 UPC: 850451001664
