Nose: dusty. Cedar. Light leather. Boysenberry, cherries. Plum. Pencil shavings. Taste: rich plum, Smokey oak, cedar, dark chocolate, coffee finish. Some herbaceous notes. Cherry. Smooth but rich. Med+ body, medium acid and tannin, dry. Me likey. — 4 years ago
Still a great Merlot but lots of dark fruit and feels alcoholic/hangover inducing. Their wines recently need to sit much longer than in the past. — 4 years ago
Smooth and balanced. Lack berry with some spice — 5 years ago
Good staple. 2014 is drinking well. A little heavier. Maybe zin or Syrah like and heavy cab. — 5 years ago
Beautifully balanced this layered Merlot shows delightful hints of dark chocolate, pepper with traces of vanilla. A proud Canadian spending 21 months in French oak then aged another 12 months before its release it is a prime example of how far the Okanagan wines have come in and finally earning the right to be on the stage of truly great wines. Cheers 🍷🇨🇦 — 7 years ago
Dark yellow on color. Definitely mellowed more but oaky. Interesting to try a later vintage. This was ok but may have been a bit too aged. — 3 years ago
Solid and definitely needed the aerator but aging well. Will be excellent in a few years. Deep and earthy. Lots of dark fruit. — 4 years ago
Grassy, citric, grapefruit-noted sauvignon from a consistently great vineyard. — 5 years ago
Very fruity light cab. Love it! P38 — 5 years ago
Great bang for my buck! Probably overly-fruity for some meals, but for the price, this can't be beat. — 5 years ago
Sangiovese. Easy drinking, slightly peppery — 7 years ago
Dry but smooth, nice. — 8 years ago
Deep and earthy. Drinking ok but could still use more time. — 3 years ago
So not much has changed in 3 yrs since first trying this in the tasting room. The profile is lean and linear. 69 CS 16 Merlot and the rest PV. This clearly the weakest build of Jeff’s run of left bank builds. The 2014 was classic, so not huge numbers for the CS. THE TEXTURE IS LOVELY though. ;) 90+ for sure, keeping the streak ALIVE!! — 4 years ago
13.5%
Family Reserve
DELICIOUS.
I think this was the one with all the sediment, though. — 4 years ago
Great furlough wine. — 6 years ago
Wonderful citrus profile and requisite verve. Another exceptional vintage for Jeff White!! At $25, what a great VA value! — 7 years ago
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K L
String and earthy with dark fruit. The tonella is better of course but this is still good. Drinking young. — 3 years ago