Osoyoos Larose Winery
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Osoyoos Larose Winery,
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This rich full-bodied wine features a deep intense ruby colour, and deliciously persistent aromas of ripe red raspberry, dark chocolate with toasty caramel and vanilla notes. Opulent notes of blackberry fruit, spice and pepper grace the palate with a well-rounded tannin structure and fruit-driven lingering finish. 60% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Cabernet Franc, 3% Petit Verdot, 5% Malbec.
Our first-ever wine from British Columbia, and offered to us through the Bordeaux market, which is highly appropriate since the style is unashamedly that of old-fashioned claret. This winery is the realisation of a joint venture between Vincor Canada and Taillan Group in Bordeaux. They always believed it was possible to produce top-quality grapes in this sheltered valley in British Columbia and this is the result. The grapes are planted on a mixture of sand, clay, gravel and rock and after harvesting are totally de-stemmed before being fermented in stainless steel tanks. The wine then spends 20 months in French oak barrels, 60% new, before bottling. The bouquet is a blend of plum, blackcurrant and graphite; the palate shows more of the same but with crisp acidity and firm tannins added in. The wine clearly has considerable ability to age and has an appeal which will endear it to lovers of traditional claret. It is of a quality level which is unquestionably at the top level of the Cru Bourgeois classification in Bordeaux, if not higher.
Alun Griffiths MW, Wine Director
Our first-ever wine from British Columbia, and offered to us through the Bordeaux market, which is highly appropriate since the style is unashamedly that of old-fashioned claret. This winery is the realisation of a joint venture between Vincor Canada and Taillan Group in Bordeaux. They always believed it was possible to produce top-quality grapes in this sheltered valley in British Columbia and this is the result. The grapes are planted on a mixture of sand, clay, gravel and rock and after harvesting are totally de-stemmed before being fermented in stainless steel tanks. The wine then spends 20 months in French oak barrels, 60% new, before bottling. The bouquet is a blend of plum, blackcurrant and graphite; the palate shows more of the same but with crisp acidity and firm tannins added in. The wine clearly has considerable ability to age and has an appeal which will endear it to lovers of traditional claret. It is of a quality level which is unquestionably at the top level of the Cru Bourgeois classification in Bordeaux, if not higher.
Alun Griffiths MW, Wine Director
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The Osoyoos Larose winery is located in Okanagan Valley in British Columbia in Canada and is a joint venture between Vincor and the big Bordeaux wine company, Groupe Taillan, whose major French property is Château Gruaud Larose.
Osoyoos Larose debuted initially with its first label, Le Grand Vin, even though the grapes for the 2001 vintage came from three and four-year-old vines. Winemaker Pascal Madevon believed he had first label quality right from the starting gate.