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Niche Wine Co. Foch 2018
Thompson Valley, British Columbia, CanadaExpect a vibrant, wild, tart, red wine laced with chocolate, black fruit and blousy oak. Foch freaks rejoice. Serve with lamb or turkey. This wine is made with twenty-five-year-old vines from Hugh & Mary Vineyard and premium growers in the Thompson Valley. It was picked at the end of October. It s crushed and cold and destemmed and then left to cold soak over several days. The must is fermented in small individual 3/4 ton lots until halfway to dryness, before being pressed via a half-ton basket press and left to finish fermentation in American oak, before aging for eleven months prior to bottling.Tasted: 29 March 2020Tasted by: Anthony GismondiPrices:BC | $30.00 | 750ml | winery direct |
Grape: Maréchal FochCSPC: 50846UPC: 626990339571