Osoyoos Larose, Le Grand Vin, Okanagan Valley

Vin à point, sur un plateau qui peut tenir encore quelques années

2006 vintage

Pencil shavings, broad shoulders, better second day. Will try again in 3 years. Looking for earthy notes. Still round with generous fruit.

2015 vintage

Perhaps just a touch past its peak but excellent nonetheless. Medium bodied with bright acidity and smooth tannins. Tertiaries dominate but there is still a bit of dark cherry in the background. The finish is longish making for an excellent offering.

2015 vintage

Just not very good. Did not hold up to cellaring - past its prime…a bit flabby… poor qpr

2015 vintage

Past its prime

2006 vintage

Sour cherry - lots of acidity still and can cellar for longer still

2015 vintage

The wine looks purple colored. The legs are slow. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like blackberry and prune. It tastes like blackberry, black currant (cassis), prune, oak, vanilla and cinnamon. The body is full. The wine has round texture. The wine finishes long. The wine has low acidity.

2015 vintage

Not the beat years. Might be better after 13 years in the cellar.

2015 vintage

Some time in the decanter was very wise. Delicious !

2006 vintage

Cardio associés

2015 vintage

Still drinking well, but definitely past its peak. If you like older wine you will enjoy this. Notes of Leather, stewed plum, and baking spices. If you have in your cellar, I would consider drinking now.

2006 vintage

Aromas of blackberry fruit with clove, allspice very deep fruit with great intensity. Sweet & Sour mouthfeel that has amazing length, fruit and tannins. Very youthful with many years to go. Great job JL Groulx winemaker!

2006 vintage

Last bottle. Decanted off abundant fine and chunky sediment. Full ruby core with a bruised plum rim. Distinctive aged OL nose of dusty red plum and mulberry and quite pronounced bell pepper. Medium bodied, very dry, highish acidity and a respectable amount of extract. Flavours of dried red stone fruits and berries, bell pepper, bark and loam. Decently long finish that is a tad on the stern side. Overall a bit dried out and stalky tasting. Probably past its prime …

2006 vintage

Drinking nicely, some life left but no reason to keep longer; would be hard to distinguish from Bordeaux if tasted blind - delicious.

2006 vintage

Juicy, blackberry, black currant, some oak, tannins are smooth enough for the age. Really like this. And still so good the next day

2015 vintage

Probably popped too early but still quite enjoyable. Lots of life left in this. Can age at least another 10 years with current tannin structure. Both black and red fruit. Such good value

2015 vintage

Bought on release and stored at 56 degrees. Pop and pour on night one. Classic and clean, with hints of graphite and cassis. Nose is a bit shy, but it is drinking very well. Very much in a claret style. Well-structured with good acidity and just a touch of screech on the tannins. I opened this with flank steak in a mood for a BDX and this scratched the itch nicely. Upon opening poured half into a 375, recorked and …

2006 vintage

Rebu lors d`une soirée BBQ, apporté par des amis. Pas atroce mais rien de bien complexe, manque de fruit et assez asséchant. Long et sur la chauffe.

2015 vintage

PnP. Elegant a bit closed with an old world restraint to the cassis and plum fruit with some Okanagan sage. Very nice. Needs air. Lots of life ahead.

2015 vintage

Significant improvement over earlier vintages and drinkable, but still nothing special. Missing fruit, or depth, or structure or something.

2015 vintage

13.8% - Clear, med to deep garnet with a bricking hue / clean, med to pronounced intensity - blackcurrant, cedar, eucalyptus and slightly minty, old leather, dried flower bouquet / dry, med+ acidity, med to full body, med+ fine grained tannin, med intensity, med to long finish. Mature and most likely getting closer to the end of the drinking window. Great match with braised veal cheeks in a red wine & shallots reduction with sauteed mushrooms!

2006 vintage

Deep ruby red with a hint of burnt orange at the rim. Lots of slow legs draped around the glass. Nose is classic, mature OL with dark mulberry, plum, boysenberry, grape stalk and spicy oak. Dry with lots of tight gritty tannins still unresolved. Dark dry berry fruits on the palate. More dusty mulberry and blue plum. Overall smooth, good length and good acidity, but the aggressive tannins really stand out and detract from the enjoyment at this point.

2006 vintage

Quite dark plummy garnet with a slight fade and coloured change to more of a mahogany at the rim. Clearly showing its age. Lots of chunky sediment in the bottle, but very little smoke. Dust dried mulberries dominates the nose. Then comes iodine, spice, leather and pine mulch. Medium full bodied. The red fruit on the palate is nicely ripe and comes across as lush and sweet albeit it still retains a bit of tartness. Sandy tannins on the juicy …

2006 vintage

Bu en succ...y'en a des tonnes de copies et partout dans le réseau!!! Encore une fois, déception et prévisible comme goût. Trop végétale et boisé pour mon goût. Le poivron est dominant et ce même si selon le conseiller il est mieux car ça fait 4 heures qu'il est en carafe. ...à proche 50$, mauvais RQP, clairement!

2015 vintage

Elegant, cherry and black fruit with cedar.

2015 vintage

Rebu en succ. Trop cher pour ce genre de vin...surtout des poivrons verts et une masse tanique imposante, chauffe en prime. Un verre fut de trop!

2015 vintage

Actually really nice. Not over the hill and very pleasurable.

2006 vintage

Uncle Bill easter wine, end of drinkable age, would only buy later years

2006 vintage

I feel Osoyoos Larose are going backwards, deep ruby colour, good tannins yet the balance is not there and it feels like the fruit was not picked at the right moment? the oak integration is fine, but it just feels meuh, it's not bad it's just not good.

2015 vintage

Wine rich and flavourful. Very well good tannins. Extremely smooth. Forecast is good in several years with appropriate ageing.

2006 vintage

Medium garnet color. Sweet cassis fruit mixed with a bit of sawdust. Mature, true Merlot/Cabernet fruit that really impresses for this wine from Canada. There is a bit of raw, new oak on the finish that points to overly ambitious wine-making. Still, this is darn good - a bit of an up-side surprise. Not a value but worth the money and very interesting. (90)

2006 vintage

@Homer. Drank on second day. Dark purple, full bodied. Red fruit, licorice, dusty, relatively high ABV Super youthful, less 'green' day two. Dry, some pencil lead, Thin, mossy, some bitterness, High QPR! For sure better day two, but it does not hit my taste preferences.

2015 vintage

By far the most attractive of the three vintages tried ('13 and '14) Quite restrained and refined dark fruit on nose Rounded tannins with a bit of grit, controlled acidity leads long on finish, very Bordeaux style

2015 vintage

Décanté et mis en carafe pour 1 heure, pas de dépot de noté. Remis en bouteille non bouchée pour le reste de la journée et servi avec une côde veau sauce café de Paris. Pas mal mieux que les 3-4 derniers millésime même si un peu asséchant et alcooleux. Passe mieux avec la nourriture ça c'est certain. Nez sur les fruit noirs et les épices avec des poivrons. En bouche, assez corsé avec pas mal de cassis et de mures, …

2015 vintage

Un beau bouquet de fruits rouges, de crème et de fine vanille. C'est suivi d'une bouche ample et veloutée. Il y a beaucoup de tanins ronds et fins dans ce vin ce qui lui donne une texture d'un granulé bien agréable qui persiste très longtemps. Le vin a de belles saveurs de fruits et de chocolat. Le boisé est plus léger cette année. Un vin fait pour une bonne garde en cave. Le responsable de sa production depuis 2013 Mathieu …

2015 vintage

New world Bordeaux blend with old world flair. Still drinking nicely

2006 vintage

Carafé un bon 2hrs. Dès l'ouverture, on peut sentir le savoir et la précision du grand cru bordelais qu'est le Gruand-Larose. Le vin est déjà mature, plein de fruits noirs très mûrs et d'épices. Le tout est enveloppé d'une belle finition au bois qui donne un aspect noisé certes, mais aussi toasté et fumé. En bouche, c'est rond, c'est gras. Un superbe vin, canadien qui plus est. Il n'a rien à envier à d'autres vins du même prix. Je suis …

2015 vintage

Middle aged look. Medium dark maroon with just the beginning of garnet at the edge. Robes the glass, decent legs. Medium light aromas of saddle leather, dusty mullberry (seemingly a marker for Osoyoos Larose), blue plum skins and bit of alcoholic heat on the nose. Good weight of sweet fruit on the palate, good acidity, maybe a bit high, and a dry finish that is still a bit tannic. Going with a 91 on this one.

2006 vintage

On perçoit une certaine évolution à la couleur de la robe. Au départ, le nez est essentiellement sur des notes animales et de cuir. Du fruit commence à émerger après une quinzaine de minutes en carafe. En bouche, les tannins et le bois sont bien intégrés. On est toujours sur quelque chose d'évolué avec le petit côté poivron qui est bien perceptible en finale. C’est une bouteille qui vaut son prix, sans être époustouflante. Prêt à boire.

2006 vintage

One of the greatest Canadian wines I drank, unexplainable !

2006 vintage

Followed one glass over two hours, in which time it went from simply enjoyable to truly interesting and a dead-ringer for genuine Bordeaux. In its prime window. 5+12+16+8= 91

2006 vintage

Petite verticale ce Week-end...2005, 2006, 2009, 2011 et 2012. Un peu mieux que le 2005, plus de fruit mais le poivron et le tertiaire sont assez présents. Un brin décevant.

2006 vintage

Drinking nicely. Balanced w/good minerality, oak integrated.

2006 vintage

A spectacular wine that was well worth the 9 years of slumbering in the cellar. Tasted a lot like Palmer wines to me...Osoyoos LaRose je t'aime!

2006 vintage

Wow! Nice surprise. Nice aromas of red fruit, vanilla and chocolate. Soft tannins and medium length finish. Very well crafted wine overall.

2006 vintage

Excellent wine. Aged very well. Deep cherry taste, full bodied fantastic aftertaste. undertones of lots of different stuff that I'm sure real wine aficionados could explain better than me!

2006 vintage

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