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Stag's Hollow Albarino Shuttleworth Creek Vineyard 2017
Okanagan Falls, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaThe 2017 Albarino is a gem, taking home a platinum medal at the National Wine Awards of Canada. The 2017 is showing a touch more weight than the 2016, and will appeal to as many folks as it might annoy if you like the leaner style, but it's not important as this is a delicious bottle of wine. This year there is a real purity of fruit, with more peach and citrus with nectarine skin undertones. There is some partial barrel ferment here in second fill French puncheons, some in stainless steel, before all the wine goes to concrete for six weeks of battonage to increase texture and weight. I love this with a Margherita pizza, but shellfish is an equally compelling match. Real wine.Tasted: 17 November 2018Tasted by: Prices:| BC | $18.99 | 750ml | winery direct, private retail, restaurants |
Grape: AlbariñoCSPC: 739326UPC: 626990195771
