Red and black fruits on the nose with a little spice thrown in. Additional flavours of violets, tobacco and oak with refined tannins make this an amazing wine.
At CAD85 a bottle it’s not cheap but boy is it good.
CheckMate Winery – Silent Bishop – 2014 Merlot
Canadian wine is normally decent. It’s hard to get a bad bottle. This wine from Phantom Creek in the Okanagan Valley is amazing. I’m likely to die poor and pickled because of this one. Tannins are very well integrated, soft but there in the background.
There are aromas and flavours of black fruit, cherry and plum. Put your feet up in front of the fire or lay back in the garden on a summers night and gently sip this. The world suddenly seems ok after all.
At CAD75 a bottle it’s not cheap, very expensive for most people but exquisite.
Phantom Creek Syrah 2016, Okanagan Valley Canada