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16¼/20
Laughing Stock Vineyards Dark Pool 2010
Naramata Bench, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaThe financial geeks at Laughing Stock are becoming port geeks no doubt ‘fortified’ by their success in the dry, table wine business. Their latest venture is Dark Pool. The name speaks to the its colour but takes its name from an insider financial term for ‘off-exchange platforms’ that allows traders to buy and sell stocks anonymously but now apparently exposed forever by author Michael Lewis in his best seller “Flash Boys.” There are more parallels, winemaker David Enns hid the project from the LFNG team, including his partner and wife Cynthia, leaving it to age in two oak puncheons, hidden in a corner of the winery for over 5 years. The result is a juicy, merlot-based, vintage character, tawny-style port. The colour is medium to dark the nose a lifted affair of cooked raisins and stewed fruits mixed with warm figs and dates. Soft spicy and even a bit nutty it should age for a decade but why wait you can drink it now – just add a fireplace, a book and some toasted almonds. The fortification technique was different. After ageing the original merlot for four years in neutral French puncheons, a local distillery worked the lees from the same merlot block, to create a high proof spirit that was added to the wine. It’s been fortified for over a year and half now.Tasted: 11 November 2016Tasted by: Prices:| BC | $34.99 | 500ml | winery direct |
Arterra Wines Canada
Principle Fine Wines
Grape: MerlotUPC: 850451001893
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