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Little Engine Fortified Multi Vintage Pinot Gris NV
Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaThis is easily the best Ruby port style wine I’ve tasted that was made in Canada. The colour is a faint orange-red with pronounced toffee aromas. The palate is rich with more toffee, apricot marmalade, and a touch of maple syrup. It's silky smooth and easy to sip, but be careful, as this slides down easily. Perfect for Christmas cake. Impressive. This is the 5th bottling of this fortified wine, made from estate-grown pinot gris. It blends five vintages from 2016-2020. The grapes are treated like a red variety on the vine with plenty of bunch exposure early in the growing season to ensure adequate airflow and phenolic development. Eventually, the grapes are harvested when a high degree of ripeness and sugar content is reached. It is all hand harvested and destemmed into 1 ton fermenters, and when the correct amount of residual sugar has been reached, the must is fortified with locally produced neutral brandy spirit, halting the fermentation. The total maceration time is about 3 weeks. From there, the wine is stored in neutral barrels, and a solera system has been created.Tasted: 07 November 2024Tasted by: Anthony GismondiPrices:| BC | $75.00 | 500ml | winery direct/online |
Grape: Pinot Gris/Pinot GrigioUPC: 626990325376
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