Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaEquinoxe is the flagship syrah of LVP. This comes from a few sites in the southern Okanagan, and vines nearing 20 years. This spent 18 months in French oak (approximately half new) before bottling unfined and unfiltered. Quite a masterful red, very structural and muscular, but so well knit and in balance. This cascades wild black plums, cassis, black cherry, anise along the lengthy palate, textured with fine wood spices, cracked peppercorn, and livened with stony minerality to a sweetly spiced finish. Drinking beautifully now, and will continue to cellar over the next 5-10 years easily.Tasted: 10 March 2021Tasted by: Prices:
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$89.99
750ml
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Producer: Le Vieux PinDistributors: Winery Direct Grape: Shiraz/SyrahCSPC: 390633UPC: 808755017324
Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaÉquinoxe is all about balance: equal day, equal night, equal heat of the day, equal cold of the night, and equal New World, Old World. But more than that, it represents the top of the syrah chain at Le Vieux Pin, and one of the best in the Okanagan Valley. The fruit comes off a mix of South Okanagan Valley sub-appellations honouring the adage of the sum is always greater than its parts blending method. In 2017 the wine was monumental and elegant in itself, a win-win, but on the palate, it is simply a joy to taste and sip, and it has a long life ahead of it. From wild brambly dark fruit to savoury desert scrub laced with licorice and pepper, this is brooding, complex, and will age effortlessly. Brava.Tasted: 11 December 2020Tasted by: Prices:
BC
$89.99
750ml
winery online/direct
Producer: Le Vieux PinDistributors: Winery Direct Grape: Shiraz/SyrahCSPC: 390633UPC: 808755017324
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