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89POINTS
16¼/20
Stag's Hollow Pinot Noir Stag's Hollow Vineyard 2016
Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaConsider this, if you will, as the more masculine version compared to their Shuttleworth Creek Vineyard pinot. This estate grown fruit expresses the effect of a warmer, west-facing aspect. Sonoma-esque, with its richer fruit profile and darker fruit led by ripe black cherries, all still with fresh BC acidity. This was particularly impressive at the 2018 Lieutenant Governor's Wine Awards. The grapes were destemmed and nearly all whole berries were cold soaked for 48 hours. The brooding starts via punching down by hand three times daily, gradually tapering off as the tannins build. The free run and press juice (after 11 days of skin contact) is aged in 228 and 300-litre French oak barrels; only 13 percent are new. Round and ripe and silky, and if you're a fan of the bigger (14.2 degrees declared), darker style, this can be fun to drink. Superb value. Hard to believe longtime winemaker Dwight Sick has left – he has left big shoes to fill by Associate Winemaker Keira LeFranc.Tasted: 17 November 2018Tasted by: Anthony Gismondi and Treve RingPrices:| BC | $21.99 | 750ml | winery direct, private retail, restaurants |
| AB | $26.00 | 750ml | private wine shops |
Grape: Pinot NoirCSPC: 037449UPC: 626990025924
