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Phantom Creek Estates Phantom Creek Vineyard Small Lot Block 1B Carménère 2018
Osoyoos, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaThis small lot (less than 1% of their total plantings) carménère comes off the estate Becker Vineyard on the Black Sage Bench's sandy loams, between 325-380m. Entirely fermented and matured in French oak over 20 months, this is a plush, suave big red, lined with cedar and flooded with dense black cherry, cassis, herbal branch, dark earth, cracked peppercorns, and dark cocoa. For all its inherent carménère-ness, there is none of the pitchy green qualities seen in poorly managed Chilean examples and all of the graphite / dark cocoa familiar from Bordeaux. Tannins are well integrated into the plump fruit, supporting this through the lengthy, saline-laced finish. Elegant, finessed, muscular, and a top example of the grape.Tasted: 18 February 2022Tasted by: Treve RingPrices:| BC | $95.00 | 750ml | winery direct; wine club exclusive |
Grape: CarménèreCSPC: 111661UPC: 626990393177
