The Similkameen Collective Consensus

Seriously delicious. Pours like diluted balsamic vinegar with an iodine rim. Coats the glass with viscous iron/blood legs. Terrific nasal assault of creamy cassis liqueur, mocha and dried herbs. The palate is dizzy with well-integrated dark red fruits, coffee, tabac, nicoise olives and a sage-y dryness. Absolute enjoyment. Went well with pan-seared striploins and a chanterelle-shallot reduction. Sadly only one more bottle left. Very proud to call this B.C. wine.

A new neighbor unfamiliar with BC wines invited me to a lamb dinner. Thought BC wines can't rate against Cali. This shocked him! Still silky & smooth. Great nose of ripe fruit - cherry, strawberries, black fruit. Evolved over 4 hours delightfully. & yes...it went really well with the roasted lamb. (& mint jelly)

This is phenomenal for what it is. A Bordeaux style blend of grapes from a single nascent vineyard in a semi-remote valley in the interior of a Canadian province. Such middling expectations, and yet such great reward upon decanting and ultimately devouring this lovely wine. Happy Earth Day indeed! Glass-staining purple-black juice with massive aromatics - think a coulis of black currants, dark cherries and dried figs, blended with liquorice, salted dark chocolate and dried sage. Medium-plus body, great length. …

No words...so good!!!! Music to my taste buds. It gets so much better with each passing year! One of my favorites - I pull out when I want to impress. Smooth...with nice fruit, that’s not too overpowering. One of the best the offerings of the OK.

Outstanding! This has aged nicely and is absolutely delightful now. A seamless Meritage blend - with aromas of cassis, blueberry & vanilla. It now delivers buckets of luscious red berry flavors to the palate-tannin is well integrated, you don't notice them. The finish is persistent & long with lingering minerality. Superb.

Agree with previous TNs, still young, still hot w alcohol but the depth and breadth of this wine predicts great potential in the future. Primaries have started to yield to secondary and tertiary aromas and flavours. We'll try another bottle in 2018.

PnP a little bit hot / happy to find that within 5 minutes without decanter the juice mellowed out / enjoyed without food / dark chocolate and vanilla present, ripe black cherries as well / tannins not heavy or overwhelming and has beautiful legs -- curious about the amount of merlot (?)

A blend of the five Bordeaux varieties from Blind Creek Vineyard. Intense blackcurrant on the nose with some complex layers of dried sage, cedar, plum, vanilla & dark chocolate. The palate carries ripe fruit and firm structures with a nice balance between the ripe black fruit, spice and the firm, "graphitey", mineral tannins. Plenty of toasty oak, good length and structure, lovely fresh acidity. This one should age nicely. Bury it in the cellar.

Dark purple in color. Clean nose of cassis and vanilla. Dry, med body, med acidity, nice tannins, black fruits, floral,and vanilla on palate. Classic meritage. This will definitely get better with age.

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