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Haywire White Label Pinot Gris 2017
Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaHaywire Winery secured Secrest Mountain Vineyard this spring, buying the 38 ha vineyard site that faces south-west at 487 meters above sea level. This site is cool, with alluvial soils studded with coarse gravel and sandy loam intermingled with limestone layers. The wine is naturally-fermented to dryness in stainless, with MLF stopped before eight months in concrete. That said, this year the fruit feels riper and rounder than previous incarnations. This is designed to be approachable and forward, for drinking now while Switchback (gray label) hangs out. Sweet pear and sagebrush envelope this soft-ish white, one that we'd love to sharpen with more acidity / less ripeness, but we suppose that most consumers won’t mind. Melon, pear, white peach, lemon to a snappy finish. Best with spicier foods this year to take on those ripe fruit flavours.Tasted: 17 May 2018Tasted by: Anthony Gismondi and Treve RingPrices:| BC | $22.90 | 750ml | winery direct, private retail, restaurants |
Grape: Pinot Gris/Pinot GrigioCSPC: 665034UPC: 626990185680
