Okanagan Falls, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaRetasted eight months down the road, and it is only better. Olivier Humbrecht, the legendary Alsace winemaker and biodynamic guru, is the consulting white winemaker at Phantom Creek. It is his only gig outside of his Alsace estate, and B.C. is lucky to have him. Like Humbrecht, there is nothing showy about the wine, but for the curious, it is all nuance and innuendo, mixing mostly tart fruit, desert scrub, and sagebrush with a lime peel finish. Complex and persistent, this is a wine for thinkers and drinkers. It is painstakingly fermented over four months to dryness using only indigenous yeasts. Alsatian in style, and yes, a bit spicy, 40 percent is aged in traditional foudres for ten months, adding more layers of texture and richness, while the remainder is held fresh in stainless steel. It is a new benchmark for pinot gris in the New World.Tasted: 01 February 2022Tasted by: Prices:
BC
$27.49
750ml
BCLS
Producer: Phantom Creek EstatesDistributors: Stile Brands Grape: Pinot Gris/Pinot GrigioCSPC: 58485UPC: 626990404828
Okanagan Falls, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaThere are Alsace clones and an Alsace style. Still, mostly those are only words in the New World unless Olivier Humbrecht, the legendary Alsace winemaker and biodynamic guru happens to be the consulting winemaker (his only consultation outside his estate in Alsace). There is nothing showy about the wine, but rather it is all nuance and innuendo, mixing mostly tart fruit flavours, desert scrub, and sagebrush with a lime peel finish. Complex and persistent, this is a wine for thinkers and drinkers. It is painstakingly fermented over four months to dryness using only indigenous yeasts. Alsatian in style, and yes, a bit spicy, 40 percent is aged in traditional foudres for ten months, adding more layers of texture and richness while the remainder is held fresh in stainless steel. It is a new benchmark for pinot gris in BC and gives me hope for the many hectares of pinot gris vines to reach a higher goal.Tasted: 07 May 2021Tasted by: Prices:
BC
$27.49
750ml
BCLS
Producer: Phantom Creek EstatesDistributors: Stile Brands Grape: Pinot Gris/Pinot GrigioCSPC: 58485UPC: 626990404828
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