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The Hatch Dynasty Red 2016
Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaThis handsome wine shows off syrah in a blend, and it also demonstrates how very much malbec loves the south Okanagan. Dark, dense and ultra-ripe plummy flavours get a dusting of syrah's cracked black pepper, a pipe tobacco fragrance from malbec, and roundness from charming merlot. Tasting it blind also showed lashings of fine French oak (it rested in new French oak casks for 18 months) adding palate lustre and sweet spice. It's opulent, showy, and very Hatchian.Tasted: 09 September 2019Tasted by: Prices:BC | $46.99 | 750ml | winery direct, private wine shops, restaurants |